Section 2 in The M.P. Regulation of Uses of Land Act, 1948
2. Definitions.
- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-(1)"Agriculture" includes-(a)the raising of annual or periodical crops and garden produce;(b)horticulture;(c)the planting and upkeep of orchards; and(d)the reserving of land for fodder, grazing or thatching grass;(2)"Building" means a house, a hut, shed or other structure for whatsoever purpose and of whatsoever material constructed and every part thereof, whether used as a human habitation or not and includes well, latrine, drainage work, fixed platform, verandah, plinth, doorstep, compound wall, fencing and the like, and any work connected therewith;(3)"Collector" includes an officer authorised by the State Government to perform all or any of the functions of the Collector under this Act;(4)"place of worship" means premises used for worship;(5)"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;(6)"road" means a metalled road maintained by the State Government or by a local authority; and(7)the expression "erect or re-erect any building" includes-(a)any material alteration or enlargement of any building;(b)the conversion by structural alteration into a place for human habitation of any building not originally constructed for human habitation;(c)the conversion by structural alteration of any building originally constructed for human habitation into a place not meant for human habitation;(d)the conversion by a structural alteration of one or more places of human habitation into a greater number of such places;(e)the conversion by structural alteration of two or more places of human habitation into greater number of such places;(f)such alteration of the internal arrangement of a building as effects a change in its drainage or sanitary arrangements of affects its stability;(g)the addition of any rooms, buildings, out houses or other structures to a building;(h)the reconstruction of the whole or any part of the external walls of a building or the renewal of the posts of wooden buildings.
