Section 2Definitions

s. 2

2. Definitions In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (i) “Deputy Commissioner” used in relation to any culturable waste land, means the Deputy Commissioner of the district within which such culturable waste land is situated and includes any officer [* * *] appointed by the Deputy Commissioner to carry out all or any of the functions of a Deputy Commissioner under this Ordinance. (ii) “food crops” include vegetables and fruits; (iii) “culturable waste land” means any land classified in the record-of-rights published under [* * *] the [* * *] State Acquisition and Tenancy Act, 1950, as nutan patit, purantan patit, layek patit, garlayek patit or layek jangal and includes any land which, in the opinion of the Deputy Commissioner, has not been cultivated during the last two preceding years and no preparation for its cultivation has been made on the day of making a declaration under section 3, but does not include land forming part of, or conterminous with, any homestead, farm-house or any place of worship.

1. 2. The words “not below the rank of a Subdivisional Magistrate” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
2. 3. The words, commas, figures and brackets “the Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (Ben. Act VIII of 1885), or” were omitted by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)
3. 4. The words “East Pakistan” were omitted by Article 6 of the Bangladesh (Adaptation of Existing Laws) Order, 1972 (President’s Order No. 48 of 1972)