Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) competent authority means such authority as the Government of Meghalaya may, by notification, appoint for the purpose of exercising all or any of the functions of a competent authority under this Act for the whole of Meghalaya or any part thereof; (b) land includes immovable property of every description and any rights in or over such property. (c) non-tribal means a person who is not a tribal and excludes Rabhas and Kacharis resident in Meghalaya; (d) transfer means the conveyance of land of one person to another and includes gift, sale, exchange, mortgage, lease, surrender or any other mode of transfer; (e) transfer means a conveyance of land of one person to another and includes gift, sale, exchange, mortgage, lease, surrender or any other mode of transfer; (f) tribal means a person belonging to any of the Schedule Tribes pertaining to Meghalaya and as specified in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, as amended from time to time.