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Substituted for the words sign and figures ‘Gram Panchayat', Panchayat Samiti' and 'Zila Parishad' have the meanings respectively assigned to these expressions in the Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1952 (6 of 1953), or the Pradesh Punjab Gram Panchayat, 1952 (4 of 1953) or the Punjab Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads Act, 1961 (3 of 1961)” by A.O. 1973. THE HIMACHAL PRADESH WATER SUPPLY ACT, 1968 3 in the Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1968 (19 (of 1970);] (vii) 'Local authority' means a co-operative society, gram panchayat, panchayat samiti, zila parishad, municipal committee or any other authority entrusted by the Government with the development or control or management of a water supply scheme; (viii) ‘Municipal Committee' and 'Notified Area Committee' have the meanings respectively assigned to these expressions in 1[the Himachal Pradesh Municipal Act, 1968 (19 of 1968)]; (ix) 'Prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (x) 'Rural area' means the whole of the territories of Himachal Pradesh with the exclusion of the urban area; (xi) 'Schedule' means schedule to this Act (xii) 'Scheme' means a water supply scheme initiated under section 3 (xiii) 'Urban area' means the towns specified in the schedule; 2[(xiv) 'Water rate' means the charge for the time being levied by the Government under section 5 or by the local authority under sub-section (2) of section 6.]