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(a) () In this Act, unless the context otherwise reqmres,- nLic//1.yaksha" nncl "Upadhya/cshtz", respectively, mea Adhyaksha and Upadhgyaksha of a Gram Panchayat; ''Anchal Panchayat'' means an 1-lnchal Panchayat constituted under this Act; Definitions. 2 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1956. [Wost Ben. Act (Part ].-Chapter 1.-Preliminary.-Section 2.) "building" includes a ho-use, out-house, stable, privy, urinal, shed, but, wall (other than a boundary wall not exceeding- ten feet in height) and any other structure, whether of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or any combination of these mate- rials, or any other material ,vbutsoever but does not include a tent or other portable shelter and does not also include any temporary shed erected on ceremonial or festive occasions; (d) "case'' means a criminal proceeding in rP.spect 0£ an offence triable by a Nyaya Panchayat; (e) "District Board" means a District Board established under the Bengal Local Self-Governm<'nt Act of Ben, .Act. 1885; Iror188y (j) "District Juc1ge" includes an Adoii;ional District Judge and a Subordinate Judge; (g) "District Magistrate" includes an Additional Dis- trict Magistrate, a Deputy Commissioner, an Additional Deputy Commissioner and any other Magistrate appointed by the State Government to discharge all or any of the functions of a District Magistrate uncler this Act; (h) ''Gram Panchayat'' means a Gram Panchayat constituted under this Act; (i) "Gram Sabha" means a Gram Sabha constituted under tbis Act; (j) "notification" means a notification published in the Ufjicial Gazette; (k) 'yaa Panchayat'' means a Nyaya Panchayat constituted under this Act; (@) 'Pradhan'' and "Upa-Pradhan'', respectively, mean Pradhan and Upa-Pradhan of an Anchal Panchayat ; (m) ''prescribed'' means prescribed by this Act or by any rule made thereunder; n) ''prescribed authority'' means an authority appoint- ed, by notification, for all or any of the purposes 0£ this Act, by the State Government either generally or for a particular purpose ; (o) "public -street" means any street, road, lane, gully alley, passage, pathway, bridge, square or court, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the pnhlic have a right of way, and includes side drains or gutters and the land up to the boundary of any abutting property, notwithstandino the projection over such land of any verandah or other superstructure; (c) The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1956. I of 1957.] (Part I.Chapter I.Preliminary.Chapter Sabha.-Sections 3, 4.) 3 II.-Gram ''Subdivisional Magistrate'' includes any Maoistrate appointed or empowered by the State Government to rlisC"harge all or any of the functions of a Subdivisioual Magistrate· under this Act; (q) "suit" means a civil suit triable by a Nyaya Panchayat; (r) "village" means an area defined, surveyed and recorded as a distinct and separate village in the revenue records of the district in ,vhich it is situate; (.!) "year" means the year beginning on the first day of April. CHAPTEH. 11. Gram Sabha.