In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “appointed date” means the first day of September, 1961;
(b) “emoluments” means money salaries and all other kinds of remuneration granted or continued in respect of, or annexed to, any hereditary village office;
(c) “existing law relating to a hereditary village office” includes any enactment, rule, bye-law, regulation, order, notification, standing order or any other instrument or custom, usage or practice relating to a hereditary village office, which is in force immediately before the appointed date;
(d) “hereditary village office” means a village office to which emoluments have been attached and which is held under any existing law relating to a hereditary village office, for the performance of duties connected with the administration or collection of the revenue or with the maintenance of order or with the settlement of boundaries or other matter of civil administration of a village, whether the services originally appertaining to the office continue, or have ceased, to be performed or demanded, and by whatsoever designation the office may be locally known;
(e) “holder of a hereditary village office” means a person holding a hereditary village office permanently or officiating in a permanent vacancy after a selection in accordance with the procedure in force immediately before the appointed date;
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.