State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Tractor Cultivation (Recovery of Charges) Act, 1973

This Act was repealed on 6 November 2019 by the Himachal Pradesh Repealing Act, 2019 (11 of 2019), s.2 and Schedule; it may still apply to matters that began before then.

2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "cultivator" means a person who actually cultivates the soil himself or through members of his household, or gets it cultivated by hired labour ; 1[(b) "Director” means the Director of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh and includes any other officer so empowered by the State Government in this behalf;] (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (d) “tractor" means a tractor owned by or worked under the control of the Department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh ; (e) "tractor cultivation" includes any agricultural operation such as ploughing, harrowing, discing, sowing or harvesting which may be performed by tractors ; ( f ) "tractor cultivation charges" means the charges recoverable on account of tractor cultivation.