- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Administrator " means an officer appointed for the purpose of rehabilitation and resettlement of affected families under sub-section (1) of section 43;

(b) "affected area " means such area as may be notified by the appropriate Government for the purposes of land acquisition;

(c) "affected family " includes-

(d) "agricultural land " means land used for the purpose of-

(e) "appropriate Government " means,-

(f) "Authority " means the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Authority established under section 51;

(g) "Collector " means the Collector of a revenue district, and includes a Deputy Commissioner and any officer specially designated by the appropriate Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act;

(h) "Commissioner " means the Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement appointed under sub-section (1) of section 44;

(i) "cost of acquisition " includes-

(j) "company " means-

(k) "displaced family " means any family, who on account of acquisition of land has to be relocated and resettled from the affected area to the resettlement area;

(l) "entitled to act ", in relation to a person, shall be deemed to include the following persons, namely:-

(m) "family " includes a person, his or her spouse, minor children, minor brothers and minor sisters dependent on him:

(n) "holding of land " means the total land held by a person as an owner, occupant or tenant or otherwise;

(o) "infrastructure project " shall include any one or more of the items specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2;

(p) "land " includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;

(q) "landless " means such persons or class of persons who may be,-

(r) "land owner " includes any person,-

(s) "local authority " includes a town planning authority (by whatever name called) set up under any law for the time being in force, a Panchayat as defined in article 243 and a Municipality as defined in article 243P, of the Constitution;

(t) "marginal farmer " means a cultivator with an un-irrigated land holding up to one hectare or irrigated land holding up to one-half hectare;

(u) "market value " means the value of land determined in accordance with section 26;

(v) "notification " means a notification published in the Gazette of India or, as the case may be, the Gazette of a State and the expression "notify " shall be construed accordingly;

(w) "patta " shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the relevant Central or State Acts or rules or regulations made thereunder;

(x) "person interested " means-

(y) "prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(z) "project " means a project for which land is being acquired, irrespective of the number of persons affected;