Definitions.

In this Act unless there IS anything repugnant in the subject or context :-- (1) "Board" means the Sikkim Housing and Development Board constituted under section 3; (2) "Board premises" means any premises belonging to or vested in the Board or taken on lease by the Board or entrusted to the Board for management and use for the purpose of this Act; (3) "building materials" means such commodities or articles as are specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette to be building materials for the purposes of this Act; (4) "bye-laws" means bye-laws made by the Board under section 36; (5) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board; (6) "Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation of Gangtok; (7) "housing scheme" means a housing scheme made under this Act; (8) "land" includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (9) "Land Acquisition Act" means the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 or the Sikkim Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1977; (10) "member" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman; (11) "Manicipality" means the Gangtok Municipal Corporation; (12) "premises" means any land or building or part of a building and includes; (i) gardens, grounds and out-houses, if any, appurtenant to such building or part of a building, and (ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof; (13) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (14) "regulations" means regulations made by the Board under section 35; (15) "rules" means rules made by the State Government under section 34; (16) "Secretary" means the Secretary, Sikkim Housing and Development Board appointed under section 6; (17) "year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the 31st day of March.