Definitions

(l) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: - (a) "Competent Authority" means the person designated as the Competent Authority as prescribed in the rules made under this Act; (b) "Drilling Agency" means a person or authorized person or a firm (including Government or Semi-Government Agency) which is involved in the work of drilling borewell/tubewell by mechanical or other means. (c) "Landowner" means a landowner referred to as Bhumi Swami in Section 158 of the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code,1959 (No. 20 of 1959); (d) "Local Government" means the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956), Municipal Council, Nagar Parishad constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961) and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994); (e) "Man" and Women" means a male human being of any age and a "woman" means a female human being of any age; (f) "open tubewell or borewell" means a tubewell or borewell which is not covered or sealed as prescribed in the rules made under this Act and kept open as it poses a threat to fatal accident; (g) "person" includes any company, association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not; (h) "Public nuisance" as defined in Section 270 of the Sanhita, (i) "Rules" means the rules made under this Act; (j) "Sanhita" means Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (No. 45 of 2023); (k) "State Government" means the Government of Madhya Pradesh; (l) "tubewell or borewell" means a narrow and deeper well drilled for water in the ground by mechanical or other means with or without casing pipe to draw water or for other purposes in the earth underground. (m) "victim" means a person as defined under sub-section (y) of section 2 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (No. 46 of 2023); (2) words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 (No. 45 of 2023), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023 (No. 46 of 2023), the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959) or the General Clauses Act, 1957 (3 of 1958) have the same meanings respectively as assigned to them in those Acts.