State Act

The Punjab Reclamation of Land Act, 1959

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Preliminary survey" means operations undertaken to ascertain the quality of any land for the purpose of declaring it to be a reclaimable area; (b) "reclamation" means such operations as are considered necessary by the Director to reclaim and cultivate any reclaimable area; (c) "reclaimable area" means such waste lands and the intervening cultivated lands as the State Government may, by notification under section 5, declare to be a reclaimable area; (d) "the Director" means the Director of Agriculture, Punjab; (e) "waste land" means land recorded as Banjar of any kind in revenue records and such Ghairmumkin lands as are reclaimable.