Meaning of place.

(1) A place includes:-

(a) a geographic or topographic feature (whether or not covered by water);

(b) a leikai, village, khul, khun, locality or town;

(c) a road, street, leirak, lambi, lane, trail or throughfare that is open to or used by the public;

(d) a park, garden, loukon, grazing reserve or religious, recreation, community or sporting ground that is open to, or used by the public;

(e) a public cemetery, burial ground, cremation ground or shamasana or mang; and

(f) public infrastructure associated with transport facilities, educational institutions or medial institutions; and

(g) a place, structure or building that is or may be of public or historic interest.

(2) The following administrative units, shall be outside the scope of Place Names Committee constituted under this act:-

(a) a division of an area, for the purpose of conduct of Census and other enumeration exercises, and elections conducted by or under the Central Government; or

(b) a protected forest, reserved forest, national park or wildlife sanctuary, constituted under statutes; or

(c) a revenue village, a revenue circle, a revenue sub-division, or a revenue district; or

(d) a development block, established under the Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Department or the Tribal Affairs and Hills Department; or

(e) an area established as an administrative unit or a ward, under urban or rural local bodies; or

(f) a police station; or

(g) a national highway, or state highway.

Notwithstanding the above, the naming of any administrative unit including the above but not defined hereto, which has the connotation of the name of a place, in any way whatsoever shall require the concurrence of the Land Resources Department, Government of Manipur.