(a) 'adult' means a person who has completed 21st years of age ;
(b) 'common land' in a village means Government waste land and includes land used for reserves, for use for the common purposes of the village ;
(c) 'Government' means the Government of Assam ;
(d) 'Gramdan' means a donation of land situated in a village which is made voluntarily for the purposes of this Act ;
(e) 'Gramdan village' means a village declared to be a gramdan village under Section 5 ;
(f) 'Gram Sablia' means Gram Sabha established under Section 9 ;
(g) 'Owner' means-
(i) in relation to land held by a tenant with permanent rights, the tenant;
(ii) in relation to land held under a grant, lease or assignment from Government, the holder ; and
(iii) in relation to any other land, the person to whom the land belongs;
(h) 'Panchayat' for the purpose of this Act means the Gaon Panchayat, or the Anchalik Panchayat, as the case may be, established under the Assam Panchayat Act, 1959 ;
(i) 'person interested' in relation to any land, means any person claiming any right, title or interest in the land and includes a person having a right of easement affecting such land ;
(j) 'prescribed' except where the words "prescribed by Regulations" are used, means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k) 'Regulation' means a regulation made by a Gram Sabha under Section 34;
(l) 'Resident,' a person shall be deemed to be 'resident' in a village if he is ordinarily resident in such village, and 'reside' shall be construed accordingly;
(m) 'village' means a revenue village registered, such in the revenue records and includes-
(i) a part of a revenue village whether a hamlet, tola, para or otherwise; and
(ii) a compact area owned by 20 or more families which the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be a village for the purpose of this Act;
(n) 'Panchayati Adalat' means a Panchayati Adalat established under Section 86 of the Assam Panchayat Act, 1959.
Section 2 • Assam Gramdan Act, 1961
2. Definitions.
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