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BALUCHISTAN ACQUISITION OF LAND (HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN THE RURAL AREAS) ACT, 1974 BALUCHISTAN ACQUISITION OF LAND (HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES IN THE RURAL AREAS) ACT, 1974 ACT XVIII OF 1974 An Act to provide for acquisition of land for housing and development schemes in the rural areas of the Province of Baluchistan [Gazette of Baluchistan, Extraordinary. 13th August 1974] No. Legis-X-(22)/74.---The Baluchistan Acquisition of Land (Housing and Development Schemes in the Rural Areas) Bill, 1974 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of Baluchistan on 5th August 1974 and assented to by the Governor of Baluchistan, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly. 2. Definitions.-(1) In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:- (a) "Collector" means the Collector of a district and includes any officer specially empowered by the Government or Commissioner of a Division to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act; (b) "Commissioner" means the Chief Officer Incharge of revenue and general administration of a Division; (c) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Chief Officer Incharge of the general administration of a District; (d) "Government" means the Government of Baluchistan; (e) "Official Development Agency" includes- (i) autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies established as such under any law for the time being in force; (ii) People's Local Councils constituted under the Baluchistan People's Local Government Ordinance, 1972, Municipalities and Town Committees; (iii) Improvement Trusts constituted under the Town Improvement Act, 1922; and (iv) Baluchistan Development Authority ; (v) other organizations that the Government may declare to be Official Development Agency; (f) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the rules; (g) "rural area" includes all areas other than urban areas; and (h) "urban area" means an area defined as such under the Baluchistan People's Local Government Ordinance, 1972. (2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act or where the context otherwise requires all terms and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall bear the same meanings as they bear in the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Act I of 1894).