Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Local authority" means- (i) A Municipal Corporation constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956). (ii) A Municipal Council constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961). (iii) A Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Adhiniyam, 1981 (No. 35 of 1981). (iv) A Mandi Samiti, constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Krishi Upaj Mandi Adhiniyam, 1973 (No. 24 of 1973). (b) "Officer" means a person serving in connection with the affairs of the State, public undertaking, local authority, co-operative society or any other institution or organisation aided by the State Government. (c) "Public undertaking" means a Government company within the meaning of section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (No. 1 of 1956), and includes a Corporation or other statutory body, by whatever name called, in each case owned or controlled by the State Government. (d) (Note: (d) and (e) labels are swapped in act text based on context flow) "Work" means any work relating to survey, construction, repairs or maintenance, of any building, superstructure, dam, weir, canal, reservoir, tank, lake, road, bridge, culvert, well including tube-well, factory, workshop, water supply system electric installation system or any other work which the State Government may by notification, specify in this behalf and includes surveying, planning drawing, designing, purchase, supply or storage of goods, mechanically propelled or electrically operated vehicles of all descriptions, plant, machinery, tools, spares or all other material and equipment relating to the construction, maintenance or repairs of any of the aforesaid works. (e) "Works department" means a department of the State Government, a public undertaking, a local authority, or a co-operative society registered under the Madhya Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (No. 17 of 1961), which gives a works contractor under whose orders, directions or control works contract is entered into or work is done and shall include an institution or organisation substantially aided by State Government, as the State Government may, by notification, specify. "Officer of the works department" means the officer, whatever be the designation, employed in the works department and concerned with the survey, construction, repairs, maintenance, supervision, planning, drawing, designing, purchase, supply or store of goods, mechanically propelled or electrically operated vehicles of all descriptions, plant, machinery, tools, spares or all other materials or equipments and includes an officer or official responsible to make payment of bills advances, in relation to the work. "Supervisory officer" means an officer whose duty it is to supervise the work as per instructions contained in the Manual applicable to the works department or contained in any order or direction issued by the works department, from time to time. (f) "Contractor" in relation to a work means a person who undertakes to execute the work under a works department, in pursuance of a contract and includes, where the context so requires, a sub-contractor and all other agencies and persons employed by him or working under him or under his control in the execution of such work and the expression "works contractor" shall be construed accordingly. (g) "Officer-in-charge" means an officer in relation to a work under a works contract who is primarily and directly responsible on the worksite to see that the work or specific part of the work is duly executed in accordance with the terms conditions and specifications of the works contract and the instructions, directions or work order issued by the supervisory officers or by the works department from time to time.