Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Claims Commissioner" means any officer of Additional District Magistrate designated by the State Government; (b) "Claims Tribunal" means any tribunal constituted under this Act; (c) "Damages" means loss to the property by any act or omission by any person or group of persons; (d) "Mischief" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 425 of the Indian Penal Code; (e) "Person" shall have the same meaning as defined in section 11 of the Indian Penal Code; (f) "Private Property" means a movable or an immovable property owned and controlled by any religious body, society or trust or such entity which is not public property under clause (g) of section 2 and terms of which their owners have exclusive and absolute legal right; (g) "Public Property" means any property, whether movable or immovable, and includes any machinery which is owned by or in the possession of or under the control of- (i) the Central Government; or (ii) the State Government; or (iii) any local authority; or (iv) any corporation or a company as defined in Companies Act, 2013 and established by, or under, a State Act; or (v) any institution, concern or undertaking which the State Government, by notification in the Gazette, specify in this behalf: Provided that the State Government, shall not specify any concern or undertaking under this sub-clause unless such concern or undertaking is financed wholly or partially by the State Government or by the Central State Government or any other State Government or by any other subsidiary Government.