Chapter 1 Chapter 1

प्रारंभिक

Short title, extent and commencement --

1. (1) This Act may be called the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994).
2. (2) It extends to the whole of Madhya Pradesh: Provided that it shall extend to the Scheduled Areas subject to such exceptions and modifications as have been provided in Chapter 14-A.
3. (3) It shall come into force at once.

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

1. (i) "Block" means such area of a district as the State Government may, under sub-section

1. (2) of Section 10, declare to be a block; (i-a) "Committee of Gram Sabha" means standing committee, ad-hoc committee or any other committee of the members of Gram Sabha;
   • (ii) "Co-operative Society" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Madhya Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (No. 17 of 1961); (ii-a) "Development Commissioner" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause
   • (g) of Section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (No. 28 of 2005);
     • (iii) "District" means a district notified by the State Government under this Act for the purposes of this Act, and includes one or more revenue districts so notified;
     • (iv) "Election" means an election to fill a seat or seats in a Panchayat and includes the election of Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat;
     • (v) "Election proceedings" means proceedings starting with the issue of notice for election and ending with the declaration of the result of such election;
     • (vi) "Factory" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Factories Act, 1948 (No. 63 of 1948);
     • (vii) "Gram Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat established under sub-section
2. (1) of Section 10;
   • (viii) "Gram Sabha" means a body consisting of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village comprised within the area of Gram Panchayat;
   • (ix) "Janpad Panchayat" means a Janpad Panchayat established under sub-section
3. (2) of Section 10;
   • (x) "Local Authority" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Madhya Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1957 (No. 3 of 1958);
   • (xi) "Member" means a Panch of a Gram Panchayat, a member of a Janpad Panchayat or a member of a Zila Panchayat, as the case may be;
   • (xii) "Noxious matter" includes animal karkass (dead body), dung, refuse, night-soil or any filth of any kind;
   • (xiii) "Office bearer" means a Panch, Sarpanch or Up-Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat, a member, President or Vice-President of a Janpad Panchayat or a member, President or Vice-President of a Zila Panchayat, as the case may be;
   • (xiv) "Other Backward Classes" means the category of persons belonging to backward classes as notified by the State Government;
   • (xv) "Owner", when used with reference to any land or building, includes the person who is for the time being receiving or entitled to receive the rent of such land or building, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any person or society or as a receiver;
   • (xvi) "Panch" means a Panch of a Gram Panchayat;
   • (xvii) "Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat, a Janpad Panchayat or a Zila Panchayat, as the case may be; (xviii) "Panchayat Area" means the territorial area of a Panchayat established under this Act;
   • (xix) "Population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published;
   • (xx) "President" and "Vice-President" means respectively the President and Vice-President of a Gram Nirman Samiti or Gram Vikas Samiti or Janpad Panchayat or Zila Panchayat, as the case may be;
   • (xxi) "Prescribed authority" in any provision of this Act means such officer or authority as the State Government may, by notification, direct to perform the functions of a prescribed authority under that provision;
   • (xxii) "Public market" or "public fair" means any market or fair as notified under the proviso to Section 58, as the case may be; (xxiii) "Public place" means a place, building or structure which is not private property and is open for the use of the public whether such place, building or structure is vested in the Panchayat or not;
   • (xxiv) "Public road" means any road, street, path, square, court, alley or passage which the public has a right to use, whether permanently or temporarily;
   • (xxv) "Sarpanch" and "Up-Sarpanch" means the Sarpanch and Up-Sarpanch respectively, of a Gram Panchayat, as the case may be; (xxv-a) "Scheduled Areas" means the Scheduled areas as referred to in clause
4. (1) of Article 244 of the Constitution of India; (xxv-b) "Special Economic Zone" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (z-a) of Section 2 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (No. 28 of 2005);
   • (xxvi) "Standing Committee" means a standing committee of a Gram Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat or Zila Panchayat, as the case may be, constituted under the provisions of this Act; (xxvii) "State Election Commission" means the State Election Commission constituted by the Governor under sub-section
5. (1) of Article 243-K of the Constitution; (xxviii) "Tax" includes any tax, cess, rate or fee leviable under this Act;
   • (xxix) "Village" means an area specified by the Governor by public notification to be a village for the purposes of this Act, and includes a group of villages so specified; Explanation - The word "village" includes revenue village and forest village.
   • (xxx) "Zila Panchayat" means a Zila Panchayat established under sub-section
6. (3) of section 10.