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Amendment of : 1) In Section 2 of the Principal Act, clause (9) shall stand deleted. Section 2. 2) After clause 17, a new clause 17-A shall be inserted, namely:- “17-A. “Development” with its grammatical variations means the carrying out of construction of building, engineering, mining or other operations, in, on, over, or under land or the making of - 5 - Ex-391/2015 any material change in any building or land or in the use of any building or land and includes division of any land and redevelopment”. 3) Clause 18-A shall be substituted by the following, namely:- “18-A. “Director of Local Bodies” means the Director of Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation Department.” 4) After Clause 23, a new clause 23-A shall be inserted, namely:- “23-A “Economically Weaker Section” means such class of persons as may be notified by the appropriate Government from time to time.” 5) Clause 26 shall be substituted by the following, namely:- “26. “Executive Officer” means an officer of the municipality and includes- A Municipal Commissioner or Chief Executive Officer or any other officers designated as such by a municipality from time to time.” 6) After Clause 27, a new clause 27-A shall be inserted, namely:- “27-A. “Floor space index” means the area that can be constructed on a piece of land divided by the total area of the land.” 7) After Clause 29, a new clause 29-A shall be inserted, namely:- “29-A. “Group Housing” means more than two buildings on a plot with one or more floors and with one or more dwelling units in each floor.” 8) After Clause 37, a new clause 37-A shall be inserted, namely : - “37-A. “Low Income Group” means such class of persons as may be notified by the appropriate Government from time to time.” 9) After Clause 39, a new clause 39-A shall be inserted, namely :- “39-A. “Municipal Appellate Tribunal” means Appellate Tribunal constituted by the State Government under section 352-A of the Act.” 10) After Clause 64, a new clause 64-A shall be inserted, namely:- “64-A. “Shelter Fee” means fee levied and collected in lieu of the reservation of land or floor area as the case may be, an amount equal to the market value of the land or floor area determined on the basis of the rates notified by the State Government, which is required to be reserved for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and the Lower Income Groups (LIG).”