Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Area" means an Area as determined under section 3 of this Act; (b) "Area Sabha" means in relation to an Area, the body of all the persons registered in the electoral rolls pertaining to every polling station in that Area; (c) "Budget year" means the period for which the Government lays down the annual financial statement; (d) "chairperson" means the chairperson of the Wards Committee; (e) "Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab in Department of Local Government; (f) "Municipal area" means a Municipal area as defined in clause (8-C) of section 3 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911( Punjab Act 3 of 1911) and clause (25-b) of section 2 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (Punjab Act 42 of 1976); (g) "Municipality" means an institution of self-Government constituted under article 243Q of the Constitution of India; (h) "Representative" means a Representative of the Area Sabha nominated under section 4 of this Act; (i) "ward" means the territorial constituency of a Municipal area divided for the purposes of persons to be chosen by direct election; and (j) "Wards Committee" means a Wards Committee constituted by the State Government under section 10 of this Act.