Assembly Debates, 1952.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— (1) “agriculture” includes horticulture, dairy farming, poultry farming and planting and upkeep of orchard ; (2) “building” has the same meaning as is assigned to it in clause (2) of section 3 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, (Act III of 1911) ; (3) “Director” means the Director, Town and Country Planning Department, Haryana and includes any person for the time being appointed by the State Government, by notification in the official Gazette, to perform all or any functions of the Director, under this Act ; (4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Haryana, Town and Country Planning Department ; (4A) “Local authority” means the Municipal Committe, Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation ; (5) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (6) “road” means a metalled or unmetalled road, whether a throughfare or not, accessible to the public and maintained by the State Government or by a local authority ; and (7) the expression “to erect or re-erect any building” has the same meaning as is assigned to it in clause (5) of section 3 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911 (Act No. 3 of 1911).