Definition

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context---- (1) "Auditor" means an Auditor appointed under this Act and includes an officer authorised by him to perform all or any of the functions of an Auditor; (2) "Bye-Election" means an election held to fill a casual vacancy; (3) "Block" means an area referred to in Section 67 or such local area in a district as the State Government may constitute to be a block; (4) "Block Development Officer/Additional Block Development Officer" means an officer appointed as such by the State Government and includes the Additional Block Development Officer-in-charge of Block; (4A) "Beneficiary" means an individual or a family, or a group of person, or a Cooperative Society as defined in the relevant law for the time being in force, Provided with grant or benefit in cash or kind under any scheme of State Government or an Autonomous Body including a Panchayati Raj Insitution and any scheme of Central Government implemented through the State Government or an Autonomous Body including a Panchayati Raj Institution ; (5) "Casual Vacancy" means a vacancy occurred otherwise than by efflux of time in the office of an elected Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zilla Parishad; (6) "Constituency" means a constituency as determined for election of members of a Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zilla Parishad under the provisions of this Act; (7) "Collector" means the Collector of the District appointed by the State Government to be in-charge of a Revenue District; (8) "Chairman or Vice-Chairman as the case may be" means the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of a Panchayat Samiti constituted under this Act; (9) "District" means a Revenue District or such local area in the State as the State Government may constitute for the purpose of this Act; (10) "Director of Panchayats" means Director of Panchayats, Government of Tripura and includes any Officer appointed by the State Government to exercise and perform all or any of the powers and functions of Director of Panchayats under this Act. (11) "District Council" means the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council constituted under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India; (12) "District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate for a District and includes the Additional District Magistrate, Project Director,