State Act

THE RAJASTHAN JAGIRDARS DEBT REDUCTION ACT, 1956

2. Definations.- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- 2[(a) “Abu area” means the territory comprised in Abu Road taluka of Banaskantha district in the State of Bombay as it existed immediately before the first day of November, 1956; (aa) “Ajmer area” means the territory comprised in the State of Ajmer as it existed immediately before the first day of November 1956;] [( c ) “compensation” means compensation payable under the relevant Act for the resumption, acquisition or abolition of jagirs or for their vesting in the State and includes interim compensation, if any, so payable;] (d) “Court of Wards.” Means the Court of Wards constituted under section 5 of the Rajasthan Court of Wards Act, 1951 (Rajasthan Act XXVI of 1951), 4[or under the corresponding provision of any corresponding law in force in the Abu, Ajmer or Sunel area;] (e) ”debt” means an advance in cash or in kind and includes any transaction which is in substances a debt but does not include an advance a aforesaid made on or after the first day of January,1949 or a debt due to:- i. The Central Government or Government of any State; ii. A local authority; iii. A Scheduled bank; iv. A co-operative society; and v. A wakf, trust or endowment for a charitable or religious purpose only; or vi. A person, where the debt was advanced on his behalf by the Court of Wards; (f) “decree” has the meaning assigned to it in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act V of 1908); (g) “decree to which Act applies” means a decree passed either before or after the commencement of this Act in a suit to which this Act applies:-` 1[(h) “Jagirdar” means- i. when used in relation to territories of the pre- reorganization State of Rajasthan excluding the Sironj area, jagirdar as defined in clause (g) of ii. section 2 of the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 (Rajasthan Act VI of 1952), iii. When used in relation to the Abu area, a jagirdar as defined in clause (vii) of the (Bombay Act XXXIX of 1954), iv. When used in relation to the Abu area, as intermediary as defined in clause (viii) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Ajmer Abolition of intermediaries and Land Reforms Act, 1955 (Ajmer Act III of 1955), and v. When used in relation to the Sunel area, a proprietor as defined in clause (a) of section 2 of the Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, Samwat 2008 (Madhya Bharat Act 13 0f 1951); or a jagirdar as defined in clause (vi) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Madhya Bharat Abolition of Jagirs Act, Samwat 2008 (Madhya Bharat Act 28 of 1951); (hh) “jagir land” means_ i. When used in relation to the territories of the pre-reorganization State of Rajasthan excluding the Sironj area, any jagir land as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 (Rajasthan Act VI of 1952), ii. When used in relation to the Abu area, any jagir village as defined in clause (viii) of section 2 of the Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagir Abolition) Act,1953 (Bombay Act XXXIX of 1954), iii. When used in relation to the Ajmer area, any estate as defined in clause (v) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Ajmer Abolition of Intermediaries and Land Reforms Act, 1955 (Ajmer Act III of 1955), and iv. When used in relation to the Sunel area, any village, mahal or land settles on zamindari system; or any jagir land as defined in clause (vii) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Madhya Bharat Abo-lition of Jagirs Act, Samwat 2008 (Madhya Bharat Act 28 of 1951)]; (i) “mortgage” with its cognate expression, has the meaning assigned to it in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (IV of 1882) and includes a charge as defined in section 100 of that Act; (j) “mortgagor” includes where the right, title and interest of the mortgagor has passed by act of parties or operation of law in favor of another person or persons, such other person or persons; (k) “rehabilitation grant” means rehabilitation grant, 1[if any payable under the relevant Act]; [(kk) “relevant Act” means- (i) As aspects the territories of the pre-reorganisation State of Rajasthan excluding the Sironj area, the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 (Rajasthan Act VI of 1952), (ii) As respects the Abu area, the Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act, 1953 (Bombay Act XXXIX of 1954), (iii) As respects the Ajmer area, the Ajmer Abolition of Intermediaries and Land Reforms Act, 1955 (Ajmer Act III of 1955), and (iv) As respect the Sunel area, Madhya Bharat Zamindari Abolition Act, Samwat 2008 (Madhya Bharat Act 28 of 1951), as the case may be;] (l) “Scheduled bank” has the meaning assigned to it in the Reserve Bank of India, 1934 (II of 1934); (m) “secured debt” means a debt secured by mortgage of jagir land or jagir lands and other immovable property; 3[(mm) “Sironj area” means the territory comprised in the Sironj sub-division of Kota district in the State of Rajasthan as it existed immediately before the first day of November, 1956]; (mmm) “State” or “State of Rajasthan” means the State of Rajasthan as formed by section of the States Reorganization Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956)]; (n) “Suit to which this Act applies” means any suit or preceeding relating to a debt whether secured or otherwise; and 4[(nn) “Sunel area” means the territory comprised in the Suneltappa of Bhanpura tehsil of Mandsaur district in the State of Madhya Bharat as it existed immediately before the first day of November, 1956;] (o) “word” has the meaning assigned to it by clause (vii) of section 4 of the Rajasthan Court of Wards Act, 1951 (Rajasthan Act XXVIII of 1951) 1[or under the corresponding provision of any corresponding law in force in the Abu, Ajmer or Sunel area.]