State Act

THE BIHAR BHOODAN YAGNA ACT, 1954

Section 2 - Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context.- - (a) "Bhoodan Yagna" means the movement initiated by Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave for acquisition of land through voluntary gifts with a view to distribute it to landless persons; (Inserted by Act 15 of 1959.) [or to a village Community, Gram Panchayat, or a Co-operative Society organized by the Committee]; (Inserted by Act 14 of 1965.) [a1) "Collector" includes an Additional Collector;" (Inserted by Act 8 of 1981.) [(a2) "Bank" means"- (i) a banking company as defined in the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949); (ii) the State Bank of India constituted under the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955); (iii) a corresponding new bank constituted under the Banking Companies (Acquisiton and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970); (iv) a Regional Rural Bank established under the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976); (v) the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation constituted under the Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation Act, 1963 (10 of 1963); and 3[(vi) the Agricultural Finance Corporation Ltd., a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956)]; (b) "Committee" means a Committee established under section 3; (c) "land" means land which is occupied or let for agricultural or horticultural purposes or for purpose (or for purposes) subservient to agriculture or horticulture and includes waste-lands (Inserted by Act 15 of 1959. This shall be deemed always to have been inserted.) [and things attached to the earth, such as trees, bamboo clumps, structures]; (d) "landless person" means a person"- (i) whose main source of livelihood is agriculture or agricultural labour or who undertakes in writing to employ himself on lands granted to him under this Act; and (Substitute by Act 15 of 1959) [(ii) who does not hold any land or holds such areas of land not exceeding five acres as may be prescribed by the Committee]; 6[and includes a person who has donated in writing his entire lands other than those enumerated in the proviso to sub-section (1) of Section 10 to Shri Acharya Vinoba Bhave or the Committee. Explanation.--The Committee may prescribe in this behalf different areas for different parts of the State within the limit prescribed in sub-clause (ii)]: (e) "owner"; means any person who holds any land as a proprietor or tenant and has a lawful title thereto and a transferable and heritable interest therein: Provided that in the Santhal Parganas and the Chotanagpur Division, "owner" shall include a person holding any land as a raiyat, though he may not have a transferable interest therein] (The word "and" omitted by ibid.); (Inserted by ibid) [(e1) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act; (e2) "person" includes a village community, Gram Panchayat or a Cooperative Society organised by the Committee; and] (f) "Revenue Officer" means the Collector, Additional Collector, Sub-divisional Officer, Additional Sub-divisional Officer (Substitute by ibid for the words "Deputy Collector".) [or any officer not below the rank of Sub-Deputy Collector] appointed by the State Government to discharge all or any of the functions of the Revenue Officer under this Act.