2. Definitions : Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires, in this Act:
(a) “Landowner” means a person who has to pay the land revenue to
the Government of Nepal because of the registration of land in
his or her name or his or her entitlement to the land.
(b) “Peasant” means a peasant who has been registered as a peasant
tilling the Ukhada land or who has been tilling the Ukhada land
pursuant to the bidding made with the landowner. Provided,
however, that does not mean a person who tills the land on
Hunda, Mankhap, equal sharing, Bataiya basis.
(c) “Rent” means the money payable by a peasant to the landowner
in consideration for letting the Ukhada land for tilling.
(d) “Ukhada land” means the land having been cultivated by a
peasant in a manner to pay the rent in cash to the landowner
pursuant to the bidding made with the landowner.
(e) “As prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as
prescribed in the Rules framed under this Act.