Definitions

In this Act, unless the context or subject otherwise requires,- (1) “agreement” means an agreement entered into between the State Government and any person under section 5 for the development, construction, management, operation and maintenance of a tramway system in a municipal area and includes any subsequent agreement amending, varying, extending or substituting that agreement; (2) “carriage” means, a carriage or coach (whether powered or not) utilized for carrying passengers or luggage in a tramway system; (3) “claims commissioner” means a Claims Commissioner appointed under section 38; (4) “company” means a company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956; (5) “electric line” shall have the meaning assigned to it under clause (20) of section 2 of the Indian Electricity Act, 2003; (6) “fare” means the charges levied for the carriage of passengers or luggage on a tramway and includes charges levied for provision of any services or facilities provided by the tramway operator under and in accordance with the order or the agreement, as the case may be; (7) “land” includes benefits to arise out of land, things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth and any right or interest in any land; (8) “local authority” means a municipal corporation, municipal council or other authority constituted or continued under any law for the time being in force for a municipal area; (9) “luggage” means baggage of a passenger carried by him or entrusted to the tramway operator for carriage; (10) “municipal area” means the area comprised in the boundaries of a local authority; (11) “Notification” means a notification published in the Telangana Gazette and the word “notified” shall be construed accordingly; (12) “order” means an order made by the State Government under sub-section (3) of section 4 and published in the Telangana Gazette as required under sub-section (4) thereof, granting to a local authority, other authority, Government company, agency or body of the State Government, the right and authorization to develop, construct, manage, operate and maintain a tramway system in a municipal area and includes any subsequent order amending, varying, extending or substituting that order; (13) “pass” means an authority given by the tramway operator or by an officer appointed by the tramway operator, to a person allowing him to travel as a passenger on the tramway but does not include a ticket; (14) “passenger” means a person travelling on a tramway with a pass or ticket; (15) “person” includes a local authority or statutory or other authority, a company including a Government company, a department or other agency of the State Government or a corporation or body constituted under any law for the time being in force in the State of Telangana; (16) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (17) “railway” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (31) of section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989; (18) “Safety Commissioner” means the Commissioner of tramway systems safety appointed under section 30; (19) “State Government” means the Government of Telangana; (20) “telegraph line” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (4) of section 3 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885; (21) “tramway” or “tramways” including “rolling stock” means any carriages, coaches, wagons and trolleys (whether powered or not) and engines, and vehicles of all kinds or any combination thereof operating on a tramway system and includes all mechanical, internal combustion or other devices for propulsion thereof on a tramway system; (22) “tramway official” means any person employed by the tramway operator in connection with the services of a tramway system or authorized by the tramway operator to act as a tramway official, whether or not employed by the tramway operator; (23) “tramway operator” means the local authority or any other person who is granted by an order or under an agreement, as the case may be, the right to develop, construct, manage, operate and maintain a tramway system in a municipal area; (24) “tramway station” includes a regular stopping place on the tramway system meant for boarding and alighting of passengers from the tramways and/or provision of other passenger facilities;