(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) ‘carriage way’ means the portion of the public way which is intended for the movement of vehicles or carriages of any type ;
(b) ‘footpath’ means any area comprised in a public way earmarked for movement of pedestrian having a width of not less than one meter but not exceeding three meters on either side of the public way, after leaving sufficient space for the movement of vehicles;
(c) ‘licence’ means a licence issued under section 5;
(d) ‘public way’ includes any highway, bridge, causeway, road, lane, footpath, square, courtyard, garden-path, channel or passage, accessible to the public, which is not owned by a private person;
* Received the assent of the Governor on teh18th day of February,2011 and published in the Kerala Extraordinary Gazette No. 368 dated 18th Febraury, 2011.
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(e) ‘road-margin’ means the portion of the public way which extends outwards on each side from the footpath towards the outer edge of the public way.
(2) Words and expressions used and not defined in this Act, but defined in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (Central Act 45 of 1860) or in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act 2 of 1974) or the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988) or in the Kerala Police Act, 2011 (8 of 2011) shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in those Acts.