DGHC Act 2Chapter I · Preliminary

Section 2 · Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-(a)"constituency" means a constituency provided by an order made under section 6 for the purpose of election to the General Council;(a1)[ "Council" means the Executive Council;] [Clauses (a1) and (b1) inserted by W.B. Act 3 of 1994.](b)"Council Fund" means the fund constituted under section 52;(b1)[ Councillor" means a member of the General Council;] [Clauses (a1) and (b1) inserted by W.B. Act 3 of 1994.](c)"election" includes general election and also an election to fill a seat or seats in the General Council;(d)"elector" in relation to a constituency means a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of that constituency for the time being in force;(e)"Executive Council" means the Executive Council of the General Council constituted under section 38;(e1)[ "Executive Councillor" means the person nominated under clause (a) or clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 38, and includes the Chief Executive Councillor or the Vice-Chairman of the General Council;] [Clause (e1) inserted by W.B. Act 3 of 1994.](f)"General Council" means the [Darjeeling Gorkha Autonomous Hill Council] [Words substituted for the words 'Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council' by W.B. Act 21 of 2000.] constituted under this Act;(g)"Government" means the Government of the State of West Bengal;(h)"Gram Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat constituted under section 4 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973;(i)"hill areas" means the territory comprising the three hill subdivisions of the district of Darjeeling, namely, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong, and includes the following mouzas in the sub-division of Siliguri of that district :-

(1)

Lohagarh Tea Garden,

(2)

Lohagarh Forest,

(3)

Rangmohan,

(4)

Barachenga,

(5)

Panighata,

(6)

Chota Adalpur,

(7)

Paharu,

(8)

Sukna Forest,

(9)

Sukna Part I,

(10)

Pantapati Forest I,

(11)

Mahanadi Forest,

(12)

Champasari Forest, [* *] [Word 'and' omitted by W.B. Act 21 of 2000.]

(13)

Salbari Chhat [Part II, and] [Words and figures substituted for the words and figures 'Part II' by W.B. Act 21 of 2000.]

(14)

[ Sittong Forest;] [Sub-clause (14) inserted by W.B. Act 21 of 2000.][* * * *] [Clause (j) omitted by W.B. Act 3 of 1994.]

(k)

"municipality" has the same meaning as in the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932;

(l)

"Official Gazette" means the Calcutta Gazette published by the Government;

(m)

"Panchayat Samiti" means a Panchayat Samiti constituted under section 94 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973;

(n)

"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(o)

"State Planning Board" means the West Bengal State Planning Board established by the Government;

(p)

"Zilla Parishad" means a Zilla Parishad constituted under section 140 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973;

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