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Definitron—In this Act, unless the context otherwise 1¢equires,— Q) ‘block panchayat” means a block panchayat constituted under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994), (u) “‘qpalition”” means a coalition made between more than one political parties or between more than one poltical parties and one o1 more independents or between one political party and one or more than one independents ér between more than one independents for the purpose of contesting any election of a local authority. Jexplanation —A member who stood as a candidate 1n an election with the support of any one of the political parties or coalition shall be deemed to be a member included in that political paity or coalition; *Received the assent of the Governor on the 5th day of March, 1999 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extracrdinary No. 707 dated the 7th April, 1999, 128 (in) ‘‘council” means the Council of a Town Panchayat, a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation; Q@v) “councillor” means Councillor elected to the Councal of any Municipality constituted unde: the Keiala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994); (v) ‘district panchayat” means a distiict panchayat constituted under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994); (vi) “independent”? means a person not belonging to any political party; ° (vn) “local authority” means a Panchayat at any level or a Municipality , (vin) “member” means a Counculor or a member of a Panchayat at any level elected under the Kerala Panchayat Ray Act, 1994 (13 of 1994); (x) “municipality” means a Town Panchayat, a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation, constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994), (x) “‘panchayat’”? means a village panchayat, a block panchayat or a distiict panchayat; (x1) “political party” means a political party registered under section 29A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 (Central Act 43 of 1951); (xn) “preseiibed’? means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (x1) “Schedule”? means the schedule annexed to this Act; (xiv) “State” means the State of Kerala, o (av) “State Election Commission” means the State Election Commissioner appointed by the Governo: under article. 243K of the Constitution of India, (xvi) , “Village Panchayat”’ means the Village Panchayat constituted unde: the Kerala Panchayat Ray Act, 1994 (13 of 1994), ° (xvu) The words and exprcssions used but not defined in this Act, and defined in the Kerala Panchayat Ray Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or in the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts. 129