Section 2
Definitions
2. Definitions : Unless the subject or context otherwise requires, in this Act:
(a) “Birta land” means any kind of land obtained or possessed in such a way that the land is wholly exempt from the State Land Tax, or that the tax
payable thereon is less than the tax imposed on Raikar land of similar type in the same place, and this term also includes any land as defined in Clauses (b) and (c).
(b) “A Class Birta land” means a Birta land on which the recipient can collect and appropriate only the prescribed land revenue, or an income based on the amount of the land revenue, irrespective of the mode of grant or acquisition, which may or may not be liable to pay any land tax to the Government of Nepal, and uncultivated and waste Birta land and Birta forest land.
(c) “B Class Birta land” means all types of Birta land other than A Class Birta land.
(d) “Birta-owner” means a person in whose name Birta land is registered, or in whose name the document granting Birta land was issued or who is using/possessing the land as Birta, and this term includes the heir to such a person entitled to use the Birta land, as well as the person who uses the land on usufructuary or simple mortgage or otherwise, or his or her heir, as long as he or she is in possession of the land.
(e) “Land Revenue/Tax” means the prescribed tax, in cash or in kind or in both forms, which the person in whose name the land is registered (hereinafter called the tenant on Raikar land in this Act) is liable to pay to the Government of Nepal, in relation to the Raikar land, and this term includes, in relation also to Birta land, the revenue prescribed to be paid to the Birta owner (which is equivalent to the land tax on adjoining holdings of Raikar land) as well as any percentage increases on such revenue, imposed with or without the consent of the tenant on Birta land, in accordance with the rights vested in the Birta owner.
(f) 6 “Land Revenue Office” means the land revenue office of the Government of Nepal which collects the land revenue/tax, and this term includes the Land Administration Office in a place where the Land Revenue Office has been dissolved.
(g) “Income on Birta land” means income, in cash or in kind, realized in addition to the land revenue/tax, from the person who is allowed to cultivate the land, with or without, a written agreement.
(h) “Chief of Land Revenue Office” includes the Land Administrator.
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(3) It is made clear, for the avoidance of doubt in making decision pursuant to Sub-section (2), that where any person has, out of the same Birta land in various plots or one plot, granted some Birta land to another person in consideration for the land revenue only and some Birta land in consideration for income with or without concluding a deed or he or she himself or herself is cultivating some Birta land out of such Birta land, the Birta land granted in consideration for the land revenue shall be considered as the A Class Birta land irrespective of the same plotting or one single plot and the Birta land granted in consideration for income or the Birta land being cultivated by such a person himself or herself shall be considered as the B Class Birta land
(a) “Birta land” means any kind of land obtained or possessed in such a way that the land is wholly exempt from the State Land Tax, or that the tax
payable thereon is less than the tax imposed on Raikar land of similar type in the same place, and this term also includes any land as defined in Clauses (b) and (c).
(b) “A Class Birta land” means a Birta land on which the recipient can collect and appropriate only the prescribed land revenue, or an income based on the amount of the land revenue, irrespective of the mode of grant or acquisition, which may or may not be liable to pay any land tax to the Government of Nepal, and uncultivated and waste Birta land and Birta forest land.
(c) “B Class Birta land” means all types of Birta land other than A Class Birta land.
(d) “Birta-owner” means a person in whose name Birta land is registered, or in whose name the document granting Birta land was issued or who is using/possessing the land as Birta, and this term includes the heir to such a person entitled to use the Birta land, as well as the person who uses the land on usufructuary or simple mortgage or otherwise, or his or her heir, as long as he or she is in possession of the land.
(e) “Land Revenue/Tax” means the prescribed tax, in cash or in kind or in both forms, which the person in whose name the land is registered (hereinafter called the tenant on Raikar land in this Act) is liable to pay to the Government of Nepal, in relation to the Raikar land, and this term includes, in relation also to Birta land, the revenue prescribed to be paid to the Birta owner (which is equivalent to the land tax on adjoining holdings of Raikar land) as well as any percentage increases on such revenue, imposed with or without the consent of the tenant on Birta land, in accordance with the rights vested in the Birta owner.
(f) 6 “Land Revenue Office” means the land revenue office of the Government of Nepal which collects the land revenue/tax, and this term includes the Land Administration Office in a place where the Land Revenue Office has been dissolved.
(g) “Income on Birta land” means income, in cash or in kind, realized in addition to the land revenue/tax, from the person who is allowed to cultivate the land, with or without, a written agreement.
(h) “Chief of Land Revenue Office” includes the Land Administrator.
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(3) It is made clear, for the avoidance of doubt in making decision pursuant to Sub-section (2), that where any person has, out of the same Birta land in various plots or one plot, granted some Birta land to another person in consideration for the land revenue only and some Birta land in consideration for income with or without concluding a deed or he or she himself or herself is cultivating some Birta land out of such Birta land, the Birta land granted in consideration for the land revenue shall be considered as the A Class Birta land irrespective of the same plotting or one single plot and the Birta land granted in consideration for income or the Birta land being cultivated by such a person himself or herself shall be considered as the B Class Birta land