In this Act, unless the context otherwise requites- ( I) ' Director ' means in relation to any area within the jurisdi ction of a Municipal Corporation or any area compnsed in a Munici pality or Township, the Director appointed under clause (13) of section 3 of the Kerala Municipalities Act, 1960 (Act 14 of 1961) and in relation to any Panchayat area the Director appointed under clause
(7) of section 2 of the Kerala Panchayats Act, 1960 (Act 32 of 1960) ;
(2) ' driving ' includes d1 awmg, pushing or propelling, and driver includes any person who dnves, draws, pushes or propels any hackney carriage ;
(3) ' executive authority ' means, in the case of a Municipal CorporatiOn or Mur.Icipal Council, the Commissioner of the Corporation or council as the case may be ; in the case of a Panchayat the executive authority of the Panchayat; and m the case of a Township, the executive officer of the Township Committee ;
(4) ' hackney carriage ' means any wheeled vehicle drawn, pushed or propelled by a man, or drawn by horse, bullock or other - • Received the assent of the Governor on 15th March 1963 and published in the Gazette Extraordinary dated 16th March
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I 91 animal and used for the conveyance of any person or goods and which stands or plies for hire bv the hour or day or according to distance, and includes a rickshaw ;'
(5) ' horse ' includes mule or pony ;
(6) ' local authority ' means- .
(a) many City, the Corporation of that C1ty,
(b) in any Municipal area, the Municipal council concerned
(c) m any Panchayat area, the Panchayat concerned ; and
(d) in any Township, the Township Committee concerned ;
(7) ' Magistrate ' means any magistrate having local jurisdiction in any area to which this Act extends ;
• (8)-' minor ' means any person who has not completed the age of eighteen years ;
(9) ' registering authority ' means the executive authonty of the local authority concerned or any other person appointed by name or by virtue of his office, by the Government for registering hackney carn ages within a particular area ;
(10) ' rickshaw' means a two-wheeled veh1cle or a tri-cycle of special type drawn or propelled by a person and includes a cycle-nck shaw;
(II) ' year of registration ' means the year endmg with the 31st day of Ma1 ch.