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ORDINANCE III OF 1973 ORDINANCE III OF 1973 ABOLITION OF SHISHAK ORDINANCE, 1973 An Ordinance to provide for the abolition of Shishak in the Province of Baluchistan [Gazette of Baluchistan, Extraordinary, 21st March 1973] No. Legis-1-4/Law/73.----The following Ordinance by the Governor of Baluchistan is hereby published for general information :- 2. Definitions.---In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "Shishak" means that portion of the total produce of a crop which is paid to a Sardar under the local custom or usage as Sardari Tax; (2) "Sardar" means a person to whom Shishak is paid under local custom or usage and includes a Khan, Jagirdar, Malik or a Motbir; (3) "Landlord" means a person under whom a tenant holds land, and to whom the tenant is, or but for a special contract would be, liable to pay rent for that land; (4) "tenant" means a person who holds land under another person, and is, or but for a special contract would be, liable to pay rent for that land to that other person; (5) "tenant" and "landlord" include the predecessors and successors-in. interest of a tenant and landlord, respectively; (6) "land" means land which is not occupied as the site of any building in a town or village and is occupied or has been let for agricultural purposes or for purposes subservient to agriculture, or for pasture, and includes the sites of buildings and other structures on such land; (7) "rent" means whatever is payable to a landlord in money, kind or service by a tenant on account of the use or occupation of land held by him ; (8) Notification" means a notification published by authority of the Provincial Government in the official Gazette.