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(c) "unoccupied land" means land which, by virtue of 

 section 37 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, or 

 otherwise, vests absolutely in the Government, free from all 

 encumbrances ; * 



(d) "instrument" means any document by which any 

 right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, 

 limited, extended, extinguished or recorded ; t 



(e) " registered owner " means any person in whose name 

 an economic holding is for the time being authorisedly 

 registered ; and 



(J) " prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under 

 this Act. 



Kind of Land which may be Registered as an Economic Holding. 



3. Any plot of agricultural land which, by reason of its 

 size, situation, fertility, facilities for irrigation and other 

 qualities, the collector may consider to be suitable for 

 registration as an economic holding may be so registered, 

 subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules for the time 

 being in force thereunder. 



Ap2?lication for Registration. 



4. (1) Except in the case of unoccupied land, no land 

 shall be registered as an economic holding unless an applica- 

 tion has been made in this behalf by some person interested 

 in the land. 



(2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), if 

 the collector has reason to believe that the land to which the 

 application relates is unsuitable for registration as an eco- 

 nomic holding, or that all the persons interested in the land 

 do not desire that it shall be so registered, or that there is 

 any other sufficient ground for not proceeding further in the 

 matter, he shall not be bound to cause notice to be given as 

 hereinafter provided. 



* Bombay V. of 1879. f Cf. II. of 1899, s. 2 (14). 



