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Definitions—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (i) ‘Board’ means the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board established under section 4, (ii) ‘khadi’ means any cloth woven on handlooms in India from cotton, silk or woollen yarn handspun in India or from a mixture of any two or all of such yarns ; 1 [(ii-a)‘Khadi and Village Industries Commission’ means the Khadi and Village Industries Commission established under section 4 of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (Central Act 61 of 1956);] 2[(ii-b) ‘Local Authority’ means a panchayath at any level constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayath Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality Constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);] (iii) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (iv) (IV) ‘regulations’ means regulations made by the Board under this Act; 3(iv-a) ‘Secretary’ means the secretary to the Board appointed under sub-section (1) of section10: __________________________________________________________________________ 1.Inserted by Act 15 of 1960 2.Inserted by Act 16 of 2000 3.Inserted by Act 15 of 1960 2 (V) ‘village industries’ means all or any of the industries specified in the Schedule to the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act, 1956 (61 of 1956), and includes any other industry declared by the Government under section 3 to be a village industry.