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In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context— (i) ‘Board’ means a District Board constituted under this Act; (ii) ‘building’ includes a house, out-house, shop, stable, ware-house, workshop, canopy, shed, hut or other enclosure whether used as a human dwelling or otherwise and shall include also walls including compound wall and fencing, verandahs, platforms, plinths, doorsteps and the like; (iii) ‘Collector’ means the Collector of the District for which a Board has been constituted; (iv) ‘district’ means a revenue district constituted as a district from time to time under the Land Revenue Act, 1317 F.; (v) ‘erect or re-erect any building’ includes- (a) any material alteration or enlargement of any building, (b) the conversion by structural alteration into a place for human habitation of any building not originally constructed for human habitation, (c) the conversion of one or more places of human habitation into a greater number of such places, (d) the conversion of two or more places of human habitation into a lesser number of such places, Definitions. [Act No.I of 1956] 3 (e) such alteration of a building as effect a change in its drainage or sanitary arrangements or materially affect its security, (f) the addition of any rooms, building, out-houses or other structures to any building, (g) conversion by any structural alteration into a place of religious worship or into a sacred building, any place or building not originally meant or constructed for such purpose, (h) roofing or covering an open space between walls or buildings as regards the structure which is formed by roofing or covering such space, (i) conversion into a stall, shop, warehouse or godown of any building not originally constructed for use as such or vice-versa, (j) construction on a wall adjoining any street or land not vested in the owner of the wall, of a door opening on such street or land; (vi) ‘factory’ means besides a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948, any premises, including the precincts thereof wherein any industrial manufacturing or trade process is carried on with the aid of steam, water, oil, gas, electrical or any other form of power which is mechanically transmitted and is not generated by human or animal agency; (vii) ‘financial year’ means the year beginning on the 1st day of April or on such date as the Government may by notification appoint; 4 [Act No.I of 1956] (viii) ‘Government Servant’ does not include a retired pensioner; (ix) ‘Health Officer’ means the Health Officer, if any, employed by or on behalf of the Board, and if there is no such officer, the Health Officer of the District; (x) ‘infectious disease’ means cerebro-spinal fever, chicken-pox, cholera, diptheria, enteric fever, epidemic influenza, leprosy, measles, plague, rabies, scarlet fever, small-pox, tuberculosis, typhus, yaws or any other disease which the Government may notify in this behalf either generally throughout the State or in such part or parts thereof as may be specified in the notification; (xi) ‘inhabitant’ includes any person ordinarily residing or carrying on business or owning or occupying immovable property in any area within the jurisdiction of a Board; (xii) ‘market’ means a place for the sale of goods or animals publicly exposed where, ordinarily or periodically, at least four shops, stalls or sheds are set up or at least ten animals are brought for sale; (xiii) ‘member’ means a member of the Board; (xiv) ‘occupier’ means any person in actual possession of any land or building or part thereof, and includes an owner in actual possession, and a tenant or licensee whether such tenant or licensee is liable to pay rent or not; (xv) ‘offensive matter’ includes night-soil and other contents of latrines, cesspools and drains; dung and the refuse or useless or offensive material thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture industry or trade, putrid and putrifying substances, dirt, house sweeping spittings, including chewed betel and tobacco, [Act No.I of 1956] 5 kitchen or stable refuse, broken glass or pottery, debris and waste paper; (xvi) ‘offensive trade’ means any trade, business or industry in which the substances dealt with are or are likely to become a nuisance; (xvii) ‘owner’ includes the person for the time being receiving the rent of any land or building or part thereof, whether on his own account, or as agent, receiver, or trustee or who would receive rent if the land or building or part thereof were let to a tenant; (xviii) ‘Panchayat’ means a Panchayat established under 5the Hyderabad Village Panchayat Act, 1951; (xix) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (xx) ‘President’ means the President of the Board; (xxi) ‘private market’ means a market other than a public market or a market established under the 6[Hyderabad Agricultural Market Act, 1339 F.]; (xxii) ‘public market’ means any market belonging to a Board or acquired, constructed, maintained or managed by the Board; (xxiii) ‘public nuisance’ includes any act, omission, place or thing which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smell or hearing or disturbance to rest or sleep or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to the health or property of the