Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Claims Commissioner” means an officer designated as such by the State Government, who shall not be below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate; (b) “Claims Tribunal” means the Claims Tribunal constituted under section 6 of this Act; (c) “damages” means loss, injury or deterioration caused by any act or omission by any person to property of Central Government or State Government or another person during disturbance to public order; (d) “disturbance to public order” means disturbance caused by an assembly, lawful or unlawful and includes a riot, revolt or violent disorder; (e) “independent valuation agency” means an agency as notified by the State Government under sub-section (6) of section 5 for the purposes of this Act; (f) “legal representative” means a person who in law represents the estate of a deceased person and includes any person who intermeddles with the estate of the deceased and where a party sues or is sued in a representative character, the person on whom the estate devolves on the death of the party so suing or sued; (g) “member” means the member of the Claims Tribunal including its Presiding Officer; (h) “person” shall have the same meaning as defined under section 11 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act No. 45 of 1860); (i) “property” includes immoveable and moveable properties of all kinds including vehicles, livestock, jewellery, goods and such like properties, whose minimum value is one thousand rupees; (j) “State” means the State of Haryana; (k) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department.