In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,.
(a) “Act” means the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973;
(b) “agent” means any person appointed in writing by a candidate at an election to be agent for the purposes of these rules with the acceptance in writing by such person for such appointment;
(bb) “Backward Classes” means such classes of citizen as may be specified by the Government from time to time;
(c) “constituency” means a class or ward, for the representation of which a member of members is or are to be or has or have been elected under these rules;
(d) Omitted by Legislative Sup, Part III dated 19.8.94.
(e) “election” means the election of a member, president or vice-president of a committee;
(f) “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 and who is not subject to any disqualification for voting;
(g) “gazetted officer” means a Government employee belonging to any Indian Administrative Service or State Service or any other Government employee holding a post which has been declared by competent authority to be a gazetted post;
(h) “newly constituted committee” means a committee of which the members have been elected at a general election or nominated at the time of a general election, or thereafter but have not yet taken their seats;
(i) “oath of allegiance” means the oath of affirmation of allegiance prescribed by section 24;
(j) “Revising Authority” means such person as the Deputy Commissioner may appoint as the Revising Authority in respect of a constituency or part of a constituency for the purpose of receipt and disposal of claims and objections in respect of preparation or revision of electoral rolls;
(k) “roll” means the electoral roll of persons entitled to vote at a municipal election under these rules;
(l) “Scheduled Castes” means such castes, races or tribes or parts or groups within such castes, races or tribes as have been specified under Article 341 of the Constitution of India to be Scheduled Castes;
(m) “section” means a section of the Act;
(n) “treasury” means a Government treasury or sub-treasury or a bank to which the Government treasury business has been made over;
(o) Words and expressions used herein and not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as are assigned to them in the Act.