Ins. by sec. 15 (c) of U. P. Act No. 21 of 1995. — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

7 . Ins. by sec. 15 (c) of U. P. Act No. 21 of 1995. Act 2 of 1974 U. P. Act II of 1916 [(17) (a) ―municipality‖, ―municipal board‖ and ―notified area‖ shall have the meanings assigned to them under the U. P. Municipalities Act, 1916 ; U. P. Act II of 1914 (b) ―town area‖ shall have the meaning assigned to it under the U. P. Town Areas Act, 1914 ; Act II of 1924 (c) ―cantonment‖ and ―cantonment board‖ shall have the meaning assigned to them under the Cantonments Act, 1924 ; U. P. Act II of 1916 (d) ―notified area committee‖ or ―committee for a notified area‖ means a committee constituted under section 338 of the U. P. Municipalities Act, 1916 ; U. P. Act II of 1914 (e) ―town area committee‖ or ―committee for a town area‖ means a committee established under section 5 of the U. P. Town Areas Act, 1914] 1 ; P. Act II of 1959 (18) ―Nagar Mahapalika‖ means a Nagar Mahapalika established under the Uttar Pradesh Nagar Mahapalika Adhiniyam, 1959 ; (19) ―prescribed‖ means prescribed by the Act or by any rule made thereunder ; ―prescribed authority‖ means any person or authority notified by the State Government in the Gazette as prescribed authority for any purpose under this Act ; ―rule‖ means a rule made by the State Government in exercise of a power conferred by this Act ; 2[ * * * * ] (23) ―appointed date‖ with reference to a Khand or a district respectively means the 3 [date of constitution of the first Kshettra Panchayat for that district under this Act as amended by the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Laws (Amendment) Act, 1994 . ] (24) ―judge‖ means the District Judge and includes any other subordinate civil judicial officer named or designated by the District Judge in this behalf ; (25) ―Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti‖ means a Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti as defined in the United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 ; (26) ―division‖, ―district‖ and ―tahsil‖ shall have the same meanings as they have in the United Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1901 ; P. Act XXVI of 1947 U. P. Act III of 1901 U. P. Act III of 1901 (27) ―commissioner of the division‖ with reference to a 4 [Kshettra Panchayat] or 4 [Zila Panchayat] means the commissioner

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