In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Advisory Committee” means the State Level Advisory Committee constituted under section 8;
(b) "Amenity" includes roads, streets, sub-ways, lighting, drainage, sanitation, electricity and water supply or other convenience, public works, market places, post office, bank, hospitals, dispensary, police station, fair price shop, milk booth, library, recreation centers, service stations of any public utility service authorized by the Authority or other facility; and such other amenity the Government may notify from time to time;
(c) "Authority" means the Pilikula Development Authority constituted under section 3;
(d) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority;
(e) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Authority appointed under section 13;
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(f) “Development” with its grammatical variations means the carrying out of building, engineering or other operations in or over or under any land or the making of any material change in any building or land or in the use of any building, or land and includes redevelopment and establishment of new buildings to promote the objectives of the authority, infrastructures and sub-division of any land including amenities;
(g) "Fund" means the fund of the Authority;
(h) “Government” means Government of Karnataka;
(i) “Local Authority” means a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Municipal Council, Town Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat, Grama Panchayat and a local authority is a “local authority” concerned, if any land within its local limits fall in the area of a plan prepared or to be prepared under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963);
(j) “Land” includes benefits arising out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
(k) “Natural Environs” includes the rivers, river beds, rocks, water sources, wild life and vegetation located in the Pilikula area;
(l) “Member” means a member of the Authority;
(m) "Pilikula Area" means and includes Pilikula Nisargadhama Area specified in the schedule and such other area declared by the State Government, by notification from time to time;
(n) "Regulations" means the regulations of the Authority made under section 40;
(o) “Schedule” means a schedule appended to this Act;
(p) "Society" means the Dr. Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama Society or the Pilikula Regional Science Centre Society; and
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