(a) "Archaeological officer" means an officer of the Archaeology and Museum Department of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
(b) "Construction" means the construction of any structure and includes additions to or alterations of an existing building.
( c) "Copying" together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means preparation of copies by drawing or by photography or by mould or by squeezing and includes the preparation of a cinematographic film with the aid of a hand - camera which is capable of taking films of not more than eight millimeters and which does not require the use of a stand or involve any previous arrangement;
(d) "filming" together with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the preparation of a cinematographic film with the aid of a camera which is capable of taking films of more than eight millimeters and which requires the use of a stand or involves other special previous arrangements;
( e) "form" means a form set out in the Third Schedule;
(f) "mining operation" means any operation for the purpose of searching for or obtaining minerals and includes quarrying, excavating, blasting and any operation of a like nature;
(g) "Prohibited area" or "regulated area" means an area near or adjoining a State protected monument which the State Government has by notification in the official gazette, declared to be a prohibited area or as the case may be, a regulated area for purposes of mining operation. or co~struction or both.
(h) "schedule" means a schedule to these rules, and
(i) "section" means a section of the Madhya Pradesh Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964 (12 of 1964).
CHAPTER II -ACCESS TO STATE PROTECTED MONUMENTS