Chapter I Chapter I

1. (1) This Act may be called the Orissa Zilla Parishad Act, 1991.
2. (2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Orissa : Provided that save as otherwise expressly contained in this Act nothing herein shall apply to any local area, to which the provisions of the Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 or to any area to which the provision of the Cantonments Act, 1924 have been, or may hereafter be, extended.
3. (3) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification appoint.
4. (4) Any notification, order or rule and, any appointment to an office to be issued or made or any election to be held under this Act, may be so issued made or held after the date of passing of this Act and shall take effect on the date of coming into force of the remaining provisions thereof in pursuance of the notification issued under sub-section (3).
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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "block" means the block notified under section 15 of the Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959; (a-1) "Council" means the State Council of Parishads constituted under section 31-A; (a-2) "Election Commission" means the State Election Commission consisting of a State Election Commissioner appointed by the Governor under Article 243-K of the Constitution; and (a-3) "Finance Commission" means the Finance Commission constituted by the Governor under Article 243-I of the Constitution;
2. (b) "Government" means the Government of Orissa;
3. (c) "Grama" means a Grama constituted under the Orissa Grama Panchayats Act, 1964;
4. (d) "Grama Panchayat" means the Grama Panchayat constituted under the Orissa Grama Panchayats Act, 1964;
5. (e) "official" and "non-official" shall have reference to a Government official, and the word "non-official" shall be construed accordingly;
6. (f) "ordinary resident in any area" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions shall have reference to a person whose name finds place in the electoral roll for the time being in force prepared under the Representation of the People Act, 1950, in so far as the roll relates to such areas;
7. (g) "Panchayat Samiti" hereinafter referred to as the "Samiti" means, the Panchayat Samiti constituted under section 16 of the Orissa Panchayat Samiti Act, 1959; (g-1) "Parishad area" or "area of Parishad" shall mean the territorial area of a district excluding any Municipal area as defined in the Orissa Municipal Act, 1950 and any other area which is specified for the time being to be an industrial township under that Act or to which the provisions of the Cantonments Act, 1924 is extended;
8. (h) "population", means, the population as ascertained in the last census of which the relevant figures have been published;
   • (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules;
9. (j) "rules" means the rules made under this Act; (j-1) "Scheduled Areas" means the Scheduled Areas as referred to in clause

1. (1) of Article 244 of the Constitution;
   • (k) "year" means the financial year;
   • (l) "Zilla Parishad" hereinafter referred to as the "Parishad" means the Zilla Parishad constituted under sub-section
2. (1) of section (3).