Definitions: (1) in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires. -

1. (2) “accident” means any incident wherein, on account of the use of a motor vehicle on a public road, death, bodily injury or damage caused to any public properties, other vehicles, person, persons or property or to any public property or other vehicles, as the case may be;-
   • (b) “Authority” means the ‘Road Safety Authority’ constituted under section 3;
   • (c) “Cess” means the cess levied under Section 10;
   • (d) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority. Executive Committee or District Road Safety Committee, as the case may be;
   • (e) “District” means a revenue district; ( “District Road Safety Committee” means the District Road Safety Committee constituted under section 19;
2. (2) “Executive Committee” means the executive committee of the Authority;
   • (h) “Fund” means the Road Safety Fund constituted under Section 11;
     • (i) “Local Authority” means Nagaland Village and Area Council Act, 1978 or amunicipality constituted under the Nagaland Municipality Act. 2001.

() “Publicroad” shall include, any private road to which public have access

and also the traffic inlands, medians and footpath;

1. (k) “Public property” shall have the same meaning as defined under Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984 (3 of 1984);

1. (0) “Public Authority” means the authority so constituted under this Act;
   • (m) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
   • (n) “Regulations” means the regulations made under Section 39;
2. (0) “Vehicle” shall have the same meaning as defined under section 28 of the MV Act, 1988
3. (2) Words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988) or the rules made thereunder.