The Short Title of this Act is “The Threshing-machine Owners’ Lien Act, 1895.” It shall be read together with “The Contractors’ and Workmen’s Lien Act, 1892” (herein referred to as “the said Act”).

In the said Act “contractor” shall include any person being the owner or lessee of any threshing-machine who contracts with any other person to thresh any grain; and “work” shall include the work of threshing any grain; and, for the purposes of the said Act and of this Act, “grain” shall include all cereals, pulse, and seeds of every kind.

When any crop which is subject to a valid security, duly registered under the provisions of “The Chattels Transfer Act, 1889,” has been threshed by a contractor, and the amount of the cost of the work of threshing, or any part thereof, remains unpaid at the time of the realisation of such security by the grantee, then, if the contractor gives notice in writing to the grantee of his claim within seven days after such realisation, the amount of the reasonable cost of the threshing of the crop so realised by the grantee shall be a charge upon the proceeds of the realisation of such crop.