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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Dellnitions. (1 ) " appoint " includes to appoint temporarily or in an officiating capacity and " appointment " shall be construed accordingly ; (2) " building " includes- (a) a house, out-house, stable, latrine, godown, shed, hut, wall and any other structure whether of masonry, bricks, mud, wood, metal or any other materials whatsoever ; (b) a structure on wheels or simply resting on the ground without founda- tions ; and (c) a ship, vessel, boat, tent, van and any other structure used for human habitation or used.for keeping or storing any article or goods ; (3) " building line " means a line which is in rear of the street-alignment and to which the niain wall of a building abutting on a street may lawfully extend and beyond which no portion of the buildlng may extend except as prescribed in the building rules ; (4) " carriage " means any wheeled vehicle with springs or otber appliances acting as sprin and includes auy kind of bicycle, tricycle and cycle-rickshaw but B does not inclu e any motor vehicle within the meaning of ths Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 ; (5) " casual vacancy " means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time and " mid-term election " means an election held 6n the occurrence of a casual vacancy ; -. ;6) " Chairperson " and " Deputy Chairperson " means,- ra) in relation to a municipal corporation, the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor, respectively : (b) in relation to a municipality, the Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson, respectively ; and (c) in relation to a town panchayat, the Chairperson and Vice-Chairpersor.: respectively ; (7) " Comm~ss~oner " means- (a) in relation to a municipal corporation arra mnnlapality, the Corn- 8 eissioner of rne municipal corporation or wunicipality, as tuc case may bs : and (A Group) 3Y.2 EA, '3'381.- 2 (8) *4cornmittee" means the Standing Committee, wards Commi~ee or any ' other committee constiturea under this Act ; (qJ ,':company" g + q + a S ~ :;,; .\s &:cr. :,'I: . # ' t ~ " ' 7 3 , - ' : . I ) * , : I . . ? \ t , $ . , , a , > l r b - (a)* k4 = 6 m p a ~ j a i defined in the Companies hct, 1956; including any Central f~rt=;~n anzyany xyithin thp E e a n i ~ e of s ~ r t i ~ n 591 nf th9f Act ; - -- - ' * , i I (b) any bhd y cirporate ; or (c) any firm or association, vyhether incorporated or not, carrying on business in the State of Tamil Nadu whether or not its principal place of busmess 1s situated in the said State ; (LO) acouncil" means the council of the municipal corporition, municipality or town panchayat. as the Fase may be; (11) ucouncillor" means the councillor elected to a municipal corporation, municipality or tb .-.q vanchayat, as the case may be ; (12) "date 01. the coilllllence~llerlt of this Act " means the date appointed under sub-section (3) of section 1 ; (13) " Director " means,-- (a) in relation to & municipal c~rporation, the Director appointed byathe Government for the corporatims and if there is no Director for any Corporation, the Government ; (b) in relation to a municipality, the Director of Municipal Admixistratior, ' appointed by the Gover~lment : and (c) in relation to a town panchayat, the Director of ?own Parrchrryats appointed by the Governn~er~t ; (14) ''Finance Commission'' means the Finance Commission referred to in section 72 .' (1 j) g'food" includes,- (a) every article (other than drugs and water) used as food or drink for human consu laptioil ; (b) all materials used or admixed in the compositioll or preparation of such azticles ; and (c) flavouring or colouring matter, conl'ectio;iery, spices and conc; iments; (16) "Government" means the State Government; (17) *linfectious drs:ase" shall have the same meaning as in section 52 of Tamil IhcTamil NaduPublic Nealt!~ h ct, 1439 ; Act I If (IS) "latrine" means a place set apart for defecating or urinating or both; (!?) "m~nicipality'~ with its grammatical variation means the nlunicipel corporztlon or the municipality or the tow11 panchayat constittited or c~eemed to have been const~tuted ui16 er this Act ; (20) "rn~anicjpal area" n-.ear,s the territorirl area of tlie mullieirelity as it notified by the Goverror ulfci er ciause (d) crf Article 243-P of ttLe C 01 stitutiol- ; F TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZET'JX EXTKAO.~WAI: I , , . . . . -. . ' . . . . - - -. ' 7 (21) " municipal office " means the principal office of the municipality ; ' ' 02) " nuisance " includes any act, omission, lace or thing which eauw # i3:ge y to cause injury, danger, amoyance or of ! ence to thc sense of sight, dieu or hearing or disturbance to rest or slap or wKch is or may be dadgerous fo fife or injurious to the healrn 08 property of tho public or the people in general @ho dwell or occupy property in tho vicinity, on persons who may have occasion to use public place as a right ; (23) " occupier " includes,-- (a) any pt:rson for the time being paying or liable to pay to the owner the aent or any portion of the rent of the land or building or part of the same in respect -of which the word is used or damaged on account of the occupation of such land, builcling or part; and (b) a rent--free occupant ; (24) "open spacew means any land whet her enclosed or not bqfonging to %he. Government or any local aufhority, pn which there are no buildings or of whlch not more than one-fwentleth part 1s coverrd with buddings and the whole or the remainder of which is used for purpose of recreation, air or light ; (25) " ordinary vacancy " means a vacancy cccurring by efaux of time and "' General election " means an election held on the occurrence of an ordinary vacancy ; (26) " owner " includes- (a) the person for the time being receiving or entitled to receive whether ..on his own account or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for another person, or for any religious or charitable purpose the rent or profits of the property in connection with which the word is used; and (b) the person for the time being in charge of the animal or vehicle, in connection with which the word is used ; (27) "park" means a piece of land on which there are no buildings or of which not more than one-twentieth part 1s covered with buildings and the whole or the remainder of which is laid out as a garden with trees, or flower-beds or as a lawn or as a meadow and maintained as a place for the resort of the public for recreation, air or light ; (28) "play-field" means a place of land aaapted for the purpose of play, game or Sport and used by schools or colleges or clubs; (29) " private street " means any street, road, square, court, alley, passage ,or riding-path which is not a '' public street " but does not include a pathway made by the owner of premises on his own land to secure, access to or the convenient use of such premises ; (30) " public street " means any street, road, square, court, alley, passage or riding-path over which the public have a right of way, whether a thoroughfarr: or not, and includes- (a) the roadway over any public bridge or causeway; (b) the footway attached to any such street, public bridge or causewiiyr .laad - (c] the drains attached to any such street, public bridge or causeway and the land, whether covered or not by any pavement, verandah ar other structure, which lies on either side of the roadway up to the boundaries of the adjacent property whether that property is private property or property belonging to the Central or any State Government or nublic undertaking; (3 1) " public water-coursa, sp ing, well and :ank " include those usedlby the public to such an extent an to give a prescriptive right to such use : (32) " reconstraction " of a building includes- (a7 the re-erection wholly or partially of my building after more than ones nalf uf its cubical contents has been taken down or burlit down, or has fallen down whether at one time or not; /,b) the re-erectim wholly or partially of any building of whicli dn ~ i r t e t ivall has been taken down or burnt down or has fallen dowr~ L,. or within three i metres of, the grovnd adjoining the lowest storey of the building, and or any frame building which has so far been teken down or burnt down or h3s h!lea donn E* ts leave cnly the hame work ot the lowest storey; . - ? - . - - , TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZEmE EXTRAORDINARY c .2 - - -- - ..- (c) &e conversion into a dwlling-house er a place of public worss? e f a n ~ bu~ldlng not originally constructed for human habitation or for public W O ~ S ~ ~ P , the cna may be, or the ecnversioa into mere than one dwellin~heusc el buHiag originally constructed as o ~ e dweareUin&house on:y or the conversion of dwelling-ho- into a fwkry ; _ A ( , . 1 . .< (d) the re-conversion into a dwelling-house'or a place of public wonhip or 8 factory of any building which has been discontinued as, or appropriated for any purpaw etixer man g rrnft~:~g-!x>-c~t 21 8 plscc cf public worship or ti ffMOV, 85 the case may be ; (33) " Regional Director " means,-- - (a) in relation to municipality, the Regional Director of ~unicipal Administration having jurisdiction over the lnunicipality and appointed by the Government ; and (b) in relation to town panchayat, the Assistant Director or Zonal Director of Town Panchayat having jurisdiction over the town panchayat and appointed by tho Government ; (34) " residence "--" reside "-a person is deemed to have his *#residence '" ' or to "reside " in any house or hut if he sometimes uses any portion thereof as a sleeping apartment, and a person is not deemed to cease to reside in any suth house or hut merely because he is absent from it orehas elsewhere another dwelling In which he resides, if he is at liberty to return to such house or hut at any time and has not abandoned his intention of returning ; (35) " rubbish " means dust, ashes, broken bricks, mortar, broken glass and refuse of any kind which is not " solidwaste " ; (36) " salary " means pay and acting pay or payment by way of commission and includes exchange compensation allowances, but not allowances for house-rent, camage-hire or travelling expenses ; (37) " sanitary-worker " means a person employed in collecting or removing rubbish or solidwaste or in cleansing drains, latrines, or slaughter-houses or in driving carts used for the removal of rubbish or solidv~aste ; (38) "Scheduled Caste," shall have the sane c eilning 4s dtfilled in the Constitution ; (39) " Scheduled Tribc, " shall have the same meaning as defined in the Constitution ; (40) " solid waste " means- (a) nightsoil and othlx contents nf latrines, cesspools and drains ; (b) dung and refuse or 1-lseless or offensive material thrown out in conse- quence of any process of manufdcture, industry or trade ; (c) putrid and putrefyiug substances ; (e) the solid waste discharged from the hospitals , and re1 such oti-er solid wa5te which aye detrimental to public herrlth ; (41) " Standing Committee " means the Standing Committee referred to in section 36 ; (42) " street-alignment " mans a line dividing the Iaitd comprised in and forming part of a street from rhe adjoining land ; (43) " Tamil Nadu State Election Commissioner " means the Tamil Nada StateElection Commissioner referred to in section 5 ; (44) " Tamii Nadu Stat; Election Commission " means the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission refcrrea to in section 5 ; - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ ---- .. p~ - -- -- - - -. * M I I J I I ~ I ~ ~ I - I - ~ - - Y . . ) * . I . I ~ U ~ - - ~ I I R I I -- - . - - - A - .. - . -- - (45) "urban local body " or " local authority " means thc muddpal corporation Or mitllicip&lity or town paachayst, as the case may be : (46) " ward " means the ward of a municipal corporation or' bunicipality or town ~anchayat as may Fe notified under 8; (47) " ward office " means an office established in relation to a wards committee ; IAQ' " u*m*a " --nr* a* -=an- nn-n:rtnrl h.r +ha Cm.p-mmmt far the \ '"I --- u--w- --..-" -- "-I* ..=.."--l- - -a- - - . ------ - -- ward ofiice of the munlclpal corporation or municipaEY ; (49) " wards commttee " meats the wards committee referred to in section I ;50) " water-course " includes any Aver, stream or channel whether natural or artificial ; (51) "year" means the financial year. CHAPTER IT. CONSTITUTION AND RECONSTITUTION OF MUNICIPALITY,