s 2 Interpretation
(1) In the application of this Act in a State, words and expressions used in this Act shall, unless the context otherwise requires or it is herein otherwise expressly provided, have the meaning assigned to them by the State land law. (2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “appropriate crop” means the crop specified under section 5 or, if no crop is so specified, by the Collector; Laws of Malaysia Act 530 “Collector” means any District Land Administrator, Land Officer, District Officer or other officer appointed under the State land law and includes an Assistant District Land Administrator, Assistant Land Officer or Assistant District Officer; “consolidated annual charge” means a consolidated annual charge imposed in accordance with the provisions of section 20; “designated area” means an area declared to be a designated area in accordance with the provisions of section 3; “Development Authority” means the Federal Land Development Authority established by the Land Development Act 1956 [Act 474]; “Director” means the officer designated by the State Authority to be the Director in the State for the purposes of this Act; “Federal Development area” means a group settlement area declared under section 4 for the purposes of subsection 34(2); “group settlement area” means an area declared to be a group settlement area in accordance with the provisions of section 4; “holder” means a person to whom a holding has been alienated or approved for alienation; “holding” means a holding constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act; “Manager” means the Manager of a Federal Development area appointed under section 36; “Minister” means the Minister charged with responsibility for the Development Authority except for the purpose of subsection 44(1), it means the Minister charged with the responsibility in respect thereof if it is so notified by an order made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under the Ministerial Functions Act 1969 [Act 2]; “public authority” means any government in the Federation, a local authority or a statutory authority exercising powers vested in it by Federal or State law; Land (Group Settlement Areas) “register of holdings” means a register of holdings in respect of which no document of title has for the time being been issued under the State land law, maintained in accordance with the provisions of section 12; “rural holding” means a rural holding constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 7; “rural settlement area” means an area declared to be a rural settlement area in accordance with the provisions of section 5; “State Authority” means the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the State, as the case may be; “State land law” means the State law for the time being in force relating to land and the registration of title thereto and the collection of revenue therefrom; “to alienate” has the meaning assigned to it in the State land law but includes a disposal of State land in accordance with the provisions of this Act in consideration of the obligation to pay a consolidated annual charge commencing on a date subsequent to the date of occupation; “urban holding” means an urban holding constituted in accordance with the provisions of section 7; “urban settlement area” means an area declared to be an urban settlement area in accordance with the provisions of section 6.