Definitions

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Adhakshya" means an Adhakshya of a Zilla Panchayat elected under sub-section (1) of section 54; (b) "Auditor" means an auditor appointed under sub-section (2) of section 48; (c) "District Collector" means the Collector of the District; (d) "District Development Officer-cum-Panchayat Officer" means the District Development Officer-cum-Panchayat Officer of the District appointed by the State Government; (e) "Governor" means the Governor of Sikkim; (f) "Gram" means any village or part of a village or group of adjoining villages or parts thereof declared by the State Government to be a Gram under sub-section (1) of section 3; (g) "Gram Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat constituted under section 12; (h) "Nagar Panchayat" means a Nagar Panchayat and includes a municipality, municipal committee or corporation or such other body by whatever name called constituted under the law relating to such Nagar Panchayats for the time being in force; (i) 'Notification' means the notification published in the Official Gazette; (j) "Prescribed Authority" means an authority appointed by the State Government, by notification, for all or any of the purposes of this Act; (k) "Sabhapati" means a Sabhapati of a Gram Panchayat elected under sub-section (1) of section 17; (l) "Secretary" means the Secretary to the Government of Sikkim in the Rural Development Department and includes an Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary of that Department; (m) "State Government" means the Government of the State of Sikkim; (n) "Up-Adhakshya" means an Up-Adhakshya of a Zilla Panchayat elected under sub-section (1) of section 54; (o) "Up-Sabhapati" means an Up-Sabhapati of a Gram Panchayat elected under sub-section (1) of section 17; (p) "Zilla Panchayat" means a Zilla Panchayat of a district constituted under sub-section (1) of section 49; (2) Words defined in the Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992 but not defined in this Act shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in the Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992.