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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Advisory Board" means the Advisory Board constituted under section 6 ; (b) "appellate authority" means the appellate authority appointed under sub- section (1) of section 9 ; 513 1 SST 'THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, APRIL 6, 2006 [ PART III The West Bengal Public Works Contractors fRegulation and Control) Act, 2006. (Chapter 11.— Registration.—Seetions 3-5.) (c) "categories of contractors" means to categorize the contractors, on the basis of financial limits along with the nature of public works they are to execute, by notification in the Official Gazette ; (d) "certificate of registration" means a certificate issued under section 4 ; (e) "contractor" means any person who undertakes a contract for carrying out public works ; (0 "malpractice" includes dishonesty, cheating, impersonation, obstruction in carrying out public works as specified in the contract and failure to observe, while submitting the tender, the instruction given in the tender Form including Schedule appended thereto ; (g) "notification" means a notification published in the 'Official Gazette ; (h) "person" shall include any company or body corporate or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not : (i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (j) "prescribed authority" means the authority, as may be appointed by the State Government, to be prescribed authority for any provision of this Act ; (k) "public works" means the public works of construction, maintenance, development, repairing and management of roads, buildings, bridges,highways, national highways, and includes the public works related to electrical, sanitary, plumbing within the State of West Bengal; "State Government" means the Government of the State of West Bengal in the Public Works Department. CHAPTER II Registration Registration. Certificate of registration.