Section 2 in The Bihar Restoration and Improvement of Degraded Forest Land Taxation Act, 1992
2. Definition.
- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, -(a)"appellate authority" means an authority appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 7 by the State Government;(b)"biological reclamation" means restoration of vegetal cover by such means as may be deemed suitable;(c)"Collector" means the Collector of the District, and the Additional Collector and any other officer, specially empowered as Collector by the State Government under this Act;(d)"excavation" means making hollows either on surface or underground by whatsoever means;(e)"forest land" means any land notified as such under any Act and/or recorded as forest in revenue records;(f)"forest use" means use of forest land for the purpose of forestry, agriculture, horticulture, or any allied and ancillary activities;(g)"Government" means the Government of the State of Bihar;(h)"mechanical reclamation" means restoring the original contour as far as possible and/or filling up of void;(i)"non-forest use" means any use other than forest use;(j)"open cast excavation" means an excavation confined to land surface only;(k)"occupier" means a person in possession of an area of excavated and voided land;(l)"prescribed" means prescribed by the Rules framed under this Act;(m)"user" means a person who used or shall use an area of forest land for non-forest purpose or propose or proposes, to use such area of forest land;(n)"vegetative density" 1.0, 0.9, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2 and 0.1 density means 100, 90, 80, 70, 50, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent respectively of a unit area of the forest land not receiving sunlight due to effective tree growth or green canopy;(o)"Void" means any area of left over forest land from where soil, any mineral or rock or ore or anything being fastened with the earth has been removed for non-forest purpose, transported or dumped at a place other than the place from where the same was taken;(p)"Zero density" means a forest land having only bushes and grass but no trees.
