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Added by Act 12 of 1994. (19) "Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab; (20) "house-gully" or "service passage" means a passage or strip of land con- structed, set apart or utilised for the purpose of serving as or carrying a drain or affording access to a latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or other polluted matter, by Corporation employees or other per- sons employed in the cleaning thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom; (21) "hut" means any building which is constructed principally of wood, bam- boo, mud, leaves, grass, cloth or thatch and includes any structure of what- ever material made which the Corporation may declare to be a hut for the purposes of this Act; (22) "land" includes benefits to arise out of land, things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth and rights created by law over any street; [(22-a) "larger urban area" means such area as the Government may, having re- gard to the population of the area, the density of the population therein, the revenue generated for local administration, the percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities, the economic importance or such other fac- tors as he may deem fit, specify by a notification in the Official Gazette.]1 (23) "licensed architect", "licensed draftsman", "licensed engineer", "licensed plumber", licensed surveyor" and "licensed town planner" means respec- tively a person licensed under the provisions of this Act as an architect, draftsman, engineer, plumber, surveyor and town planner; (24) "market" includes any place where persons assemble for the sale of or for the purpose of exposing for sale, meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, animals in- tended for human food or any other articles of human food whatsoever, with or without the consent of the owner of such place notwithstanding that there may be no common regulation for the concourse of buyers and sellers and whether or not any control is exercised over the business of, or the persons frequenting the market by the owner of the place or by any other person; (25) "member" in relation to the Corporation means a councillor thereof; [(25-a) "Municipality" means an institution of self government constituted un- der Article 2430 of the Constitution of India; (25-b) "Municipal area" means the territorial area of a Municipality as may be notified by the Government; (25-c) "Metropolitan area" means an area having a population of ten lakh or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more Municipalities or Panchayats or other contiguous areas specified by the Government by a notification, to be a Metropolitan Area for the purposes of this Act; Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 2 17