Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “application”, in relation to a Land Tribunal, means an application made pursuant to sections 13 (6), 14, 15 or 22 of “building” includes houses, rooms, flats, apartments and parts thereof; “court” means the Supreme Court or a district court; “land” includes buildings, houses and other structures and erections thereon; “landlord” means any person who under any tenancy is, as between himself and the tenant for the time being, entitled to the rents and profits of the land or building; “milpa tenancy” means a periodic tenancy under a contract, express or implied, entitling the tenant to hold for one year the exclusive possession of a parcel of land for the growing of an annual crop in contemplation that in each year after the first year of the tenancy the same or a different parcel of land will be allotted to the tenant by the landlord for the tenant to hold 6 for one year the exclusive possession thereof for the growing of an annual crop; “national land” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the National Lands Act, Cap. 191; “notice of increase of rent” means a notice served by a landlord on a tenant pursuant to section 13 (1), (2) and (3) of “rent” means the sum of money or other ascertainable consideration payable by the tenant for the possession of the land or building; “tenancy to which this Act applies” means a tenancy to which this Act applies by virtue of section 3 (1) of this Act; “tenant” means any person entitled in possession to the land or building under any contract of tenancy whether the interest of such tenant was acquired by original contract, assignment, operation of law or otherwise; “Tribunal” means a Land Tribunal established under section 8 “town” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Land Tax Act, Cap. 58. (2) The designations of landlord and tenant shall continue to apply to the parties until the conclusion of any proceedings taken under or in pursuance of this Act.