Definitions.

In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; (b) "building" means a house, shop, hut, shed or other structure or enclosure, whether roofed or not, of whatsoever material, constructed and includes every part thereof, all walls, verandahs, platforms, plinths, door steps and the like and a tent or other portable and merely temporary shelter; (c) "Deputy Commissioner" means the Deputy Commissioner of a District; (d) "Official Gazette" means the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Gazette; (e) "place" means any open space which is not a building; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Regulation; (g) "public" used with reference to a building or place, signifies that such building or place, whether or not acquired, constructed or maintained by or at the expense of some specified person or body of persons and which is not the private and personal property of such person or body and is open to the use and enjoyment of the public in general or of a particular class or section thereof for the purpose, if any, for which it may have been set apart; (h) "religious" when used with reference to a building or place, signifies that such building or place is used or intended to be used for the purpose of religious worship or instruction, or offering prayer (which includes bhajan, kirtan, stuti or namaz) or performance of any religious rites by persons of or belonging to any religion, creed, sect or class, as a temple, mosque, church, chhutri, dargah, khangah, mutt, takiya or the like; (i) "Sub-Divisional Officer" means the revenue officer in charge of a sub-division of a District.