In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
(1) ‘admission’ includes admission as a spectator or as one of an audience and admission for the purpose of amusement by taking part in an entertainment;
(2) ‘admission to an entertainment’ includes admission to any place in which the entertainment is held;
(3) ‘agriculture’ includes horticulture and breeding of animals of every description;
(4) ‘entertainment’ includes any exhibition, performance, amusement, game, sport or race to which persons are admitted for payment 2[but does not include any magic performance];
(5) 'institution' includes a company, society, club or other association of persons by whatever name called;
3[(6) “Local authority” means a village panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994).];
* Received the assent of the Governor on the 1st day of July, 1961 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.81 dated 3rd July, 1961.
1 S.R.O. No.90/62 dated 22.03.1962 published in the Kerala Gazette Exraordinary No.72 dated 23.03.1962 (w.e.f. 01.04.1962).
2 Inserted by Act 33 of 1969 (w.e.f 01-11-1969).
3 Substituted by Act 16 of 2000 (w.e.f 12-05-2000).
(7) 1[“payment for admission” means—
(a) the price for admission, and
(b) any payment for any purpose whatsoever connected with an entertainment (including any tax) which a person is required to make as a condution for attending or continuing to attend the entertainment in addition to the price for admission;
(7A) "price for admission" means the cost of a ticket (excluding any tax) for a seat or other accommodation in a place of entertainment and includes in respect of any person who, having been admitted to one part of a place of entertainment, is subsequently admitted to another part thereof for admission to which a higher payment is required;]
(8) 'proprietor' in relation to any entertainment includes any person responsible for the management thereof.