Definitions.

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "public road or place" means a road, street, way or other place, whether a through fare or not, in charge of, or maintaind by, the State Government or any local authority and notified by the State Government as such road or place; (b) "local authority" means a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Committee, Notified Area Committee, Town Committee, District Board, Janapada Sabha, Mandal Panchayat, Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat, Village Panchayat, or other authority legally entitled to or entrusted by the Government, with the control or management of a municipal or local fund; and includes any authority deemed to be a local authority under any enactment.