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ln this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "adjoining area' means such area as may be specified to be an adloining area under section 17 : (b) 'Board" means the Arunachal Pradesh, State Housing Board established and constituted under section 3 ; (c) "Board premises" means any premises belonging to or vesting in the Board or taken on lease by the Board orentrusted to or in possession orunder the control of the Board under this Act ; (d) "Building materials" means such commodities or articles as are specified by the State Government by notification to be building materials for the purposes of this Act ; (e) (f) (s) (h) "by+laws" means by*laws made under section Z ; "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board ; "Competent authority" means any person authorised by the State Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the competent authority under Chapter Vl for such area as may be specilied in the notification; "Housing scheme" means a housing scheme made under this Act, the rules and regulations made thereunder: "Land" includes benerits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (i) 196 197 (]) "local authority" means a i/unicipality constituted undertheArunachal Pradesh [/unicipalAct, 2007 or Gram Panchayat constituted under the Arunachal Pradesh Gram Panchayat Act, 2000; (k) "lvlember" means a member of the Board including the Chairman; (l) "Premises" means any land or building or part of a building and includes:- (i) Gardens, grounds and outhouses, if any, appurtenant to such building, any litting affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof; (ii) any fitting affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof ; (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules under this Acti (n) (o) (p) (q) (r) 3.(1) (2\ "regulations" means regulations made under section 76; "rent" means the amount payable to the Board in respect of the occupation of the Board's premises and includes the charges for water and electricity payable in respect of water and electricity used or consumed in the premises; ''Secretary" means the Secretary of the Board; "Tribunal" means the Tribunal specified under section 44; and "year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the 31st day of l\,4arch. CHAPTER - II ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD The State Government may, by notification establish a Board to be known as "the Arunachal Pradesh State Housing Board". The Board shall, by the name aforesaid, be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common sealwith power subject to the provisions Establish- ment ol the Board. Constitution of the Board. 198 of this Act, or the rules made, thereunder, shall have the power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to enter into contract and may by the said name sue orbe sued and do allsuch things as are necessary for which it is constituted. (3) For the purposes of this Act and the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Board shall be deemed to be a local authority. Explanation: The purposes of this Bill referred to in sub-section (3) include the management and use of lands and buildings belonging to or vesting in the Board under or ,or lhe purposes ol this Acl and the exercise ol its rights over and with respect to such lands and buildings for the purposes of this Acl.