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Clause (21-A) inserted vide H.P. Act No. 15 of 2015. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT, 1994 17 mother, grand-father, grand-mother, wife, husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, maternal or paternal uncle, son, grand-son, daughter, grand-daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, nephew, niece, sister or sister’s husband;] (22) “offence”, “bailable offence”, “non-bailable offence”, “cognizable offence”, “Officer-in-charge of a police station” and “police station” shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them in section 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974; (23) “office-bearer” means a Member, Pradhan or Up-Pradhan of a Gram Panchayat and a Member, Chairman or Vice- Chairman of a Panchayat Samiti or of a Zila Parishad, as the case may be; (24) “Official Gazette” or “Gazette” means the Rajpatra of Himachal Pradesh; (25) “panch” means a member of Gram Panchayat while discharging the judicial functions of the Gram Panchayat under this Act and includes a Pradhan or Up-Pradhan; (26) “panchayat” means a Gram Panchayat, a Panchayat Samiti or a Zila Parishad, as the case may be; (27) “panchayat forest” means a forest which has been so declared by the State Government by notification issued in this behalf; 1[(27-A) “Panchayat Sahayak” means a person appointed as Panchayat Sahayak 2[by the Panchayat] under section 135 or an official deputed by the State Government under section 136, as the case may be, to perform the functions of Secretary of Gram Panchayat under this Act;] (28) “Panchayat Samiti” means a Panchayat Samiti constituted under section 78 of this Act and having jurisdiction over the block area; (29) “population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published; (30) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (31) “prescribed authority” means the authority notified as such by the Government under this Act;