Interpretation

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) “Committee” means the Manure Conservation Committee set up or deemed to have been set up under the provisions of section 5; (b) “complaint” has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898; (c) “Conservation of manure” means the collection of manure in a pit or pits of the prescribed dimensions and its subjection to the prescribed process for the purpose of enriching the soil by its use thereon; (d) “Deputy Commissioner” means the Deputy Commissioner of the District; (e) “family” means a collective body of persons living in one house under one head or management; (f) “Government” means the [Central Government]; (g) “head of the family” means a person in charge of a family; (h) “manure” means and includes animal droppings, refuse, house-sweepings, ashes, peat, fodder, residue, filth or rubbish of any kind, but does not include mineral fertilizers; (i) “notified area” means an area notified by Government under section 3; (j) “panchayat” means a panchayat established under section [5 of the [Punjab Village Panchayat Act, 1939]]; (k) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.