Definitions

Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (1) "appointment" includes appointment on promotion or transfer;
2. (2) "budget" means the financial statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Municipal Corporation for any financial year;
3. (3) "building" includes a house, out-house, stable, latrine, shed, hut, wall or any other structure, whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or other material and a wall, fence, platform and any veranda, fixed platform, plinth, doorstep or the like;
4. (4) "casual vacancy" means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by the efflux of time in the office of a Mayor or a member of the Corporation;
5. (5) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation of Visakhapatnam appointed under this Act;
6. (6) "Corporation" means the Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation;
7. (7) "Council" means the Municipal Council of the Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation;
8. (8) "Councillor" means a person who is duly elected as a member of the Corporation;
9. (9) "Finance Commission" means the Finance Commission constituted by the Governor under article 243-Y of the Constitution of India;
10. (10) "Government" means the State Government;
11. (11) "land" includes land which is being built upon or is built upon or covered with water, benefits to arise out of land, things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth and rights created by law over any street;
12. (12) "Mayor" means the Mayor of the Corporation;
13. (13) "Municipal area" means the territorial area of the Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation;
14. (14) "municipal drain" means a drain vested in the Corporation;
15. (15) "municipal water-works" means a water-work vested in the Corporation;
16. (16) "notification" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette;
17. (17) "occupier" includes any person for the time being paying or liable to pay to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent of the land or building in respect of which the word is used;
18. (18) "official year" means the year commencing on the first day of April;
19. (19) "owner" includes,-
    • (a) the person who for the time being is receiving or is entitled to receive the rent of any land or building whether on his own account or on account of himself and others or as an agent, trustee, guardian or receiver for any other person or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent if the land or building were let to a tenant; and
    • (b) the person for the time being in charge of the animal or vehicle in connection with which the word is used;
20. (20) "population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published;
21. (21) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
22. (22) "public street" means any street, road, square, court, alley, passage or riding path, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way;
23. (23) "rules" means the rules made under this Act;
24. (24) "scheduled caste and scheduled tribe" shall have the same meaning as in the Constitution of India;
25. (25) "State Election Commission" means the State Election Commission constituted under article 243-K of the Constitution of India;
26. (26) "street" includes any way, road, lane, square, court, alley, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way and also the roadway over any public bridge or causeway;
27. (27) "ward" means a municipal ward;
28. (28) words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965.