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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) "election" means- (a) in the case of a Municipal Corporation an election to fill the office of a Councillor under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956); (b) in the case of a Municipal Council [or Nagar Panchayat] an election to fill the office of the Councillor of the Council under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961); (c) in the case of a Gram Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat and Zila Panchayat, an election to fill the offices of a Panch and Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat, a member of a Janpad Panchayat and a member of Zila Panchayat respectively under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994); (2) "Local Authority" means a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956), a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961), or a Gram Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat or Zila Panchayat, constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994), as the case may be; (3) "Principal Officer of a local authority" means- (a) in the case of a Municipal Corporation, the Commissioner as defined in sub-section (11) of Section 5 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956); (b) in the case of a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat, the Chief Municipal Officer as defined in sub-section (5) of Section 3 of the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961); (c) in the case of a Gram Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat or a Zila Panchayat, the Secretary, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary appointed respectively under sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) of Section 69 of the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994), or the person performing the duties of such posts under sub-section (4) of the said section; (4) "Returning Officer" means- (a) in the case of an election to a seat of a Councillor of a Municipal Corporation, any officer appointed as such under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956); (b) in the case of an election to a seat of Councillor of a Municipal Council [or Nagar Panchayat], any officer appointed as such under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961); (c) in the case of an election to a seat of a Panch or a Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat or of a member of Janpad Panchayat or a Zila Panchayat, any officer appointed as such under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994).