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Clause (24) omitted vide H.P. Act No. 18 of 1971. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH GENERAL CLAUSES ACT, 1968 5 (26) “Magistrate" shall include every person exercising all or any of the powers of a Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure (5 of 1898) for the time being in force; (27) “Master", used with reference to a ship, shall mean any person (except a pilot or harbour-master) having for the time being control or charge of the ship; (28) “month" shall mean a month reckoned according to the British calendar; (29) “movable property" shall mean property of every description except immovable property; (30) “notification" shall mean a notification published under proper authority in the Official Gazette; (31) “oath" shall include affirmation and declaration in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing; (32) “offence" shall mean any act or omission made punishable by any law for the time being in force; (33) “Official Gazette" shall mean the Rajpatra of Himachal Pradesh; (34) “part" shall mean a part of the Himachal Pradesh Act in which the word occurs; (35) “person" shall include any company or association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not; (36) “public nuisance" shall mean a public nuisance as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860); (37) “registered" used with reference to a document, shall mean registered in a State or a Union territory 1[specified in the first Schedule to the Constitution] under the law for the time being in force for the registration of documents; (38) “rule" shall mean a rule made in exercise of a power conferred by any enactment, and shall include a regulation made as a rule under any enactment; (39) “schedule" shall mean a schedule to 2[the] Himachal Pradesh Act in which the word occurs; (40) 3[“scheduled district" shall mean a scheduled district as defined in the Scheduled Districts Act, 1874] (14 of 1874);