Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Orissa District Planning Committees Act, 1998. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Orissa.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Committee" means a District Planning Committee Constituted under section 3; (b) "Government" means Government of Orissa; (c) "member" means member of the Committee and includes the Chair person thereof; (d) "Municipality" means a Notified Area Council or a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Orissa Municipal Act, 1950; (e) "Panchayat" means a Grama Panchayat constituted under the Orissa Grama Panchayats Act, 1964. or a Panchayat Samiti constituted under the Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959 or a Zilla Parishad; (f) “ Prescribed” means prescribed by rules; (g) “rules” means rules made by the Government under this Act; (h) “Zilla Parishad” means a Zilla Parishad constituted under the Orissa Zilla Parishad Act, 1991.