In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "aghadi" or "front" means a group of persons who have formed themselves into a party for the purpose of setting up candidates for election to a local authority;
(b) "Collector" means the Collector of a district;
(c) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of a revenue division appointed under section 6 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966);
(d) "councillor" means a councillor of a Municipal Corporation, or a Municipal Council or a Zilla Parishad;
(e) "local authority" means-
(i) a Municipal Corporation,
(ii) a Municipal Council,
(iii) a Zilla Parishad, or
(iv) a Panchayat Samiti;
(f) "member" means a member of a Panchayat Samiti;
(g) "Municipal Corporation" means a Municipal Corporation constituted under a relevant municipal law;
[(h) "Municipal Council" means a Municipal Council constituted under the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965) and also includes the Nagar Panchayat constituted under the said Act;]
(i) "municipal party", in relation to the councillor belonging to any political party or aghadi or front in accordance with the Explanation to section 3, means-
(i) in the case of a councillor of a Municipal Corporation, the group consisting of all councillors of the Municipal Corporation for the time being belonging to that political party or aghadi or front in accordance with the said Explanation;
(ii) in the case of a councillor of a Municipal Council, the group consisting of all the councillors of the Municipal Council for the time being belonging to that political party or aghadi or front in accordance with the said Explanation;
(j) "original political party", in relation to a councillor or a member, means the political party to which he belongs for the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 3;
(k) "Panchayat Samiti" means a Panchayat Samiti constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962);
(l) "Panchayat Samiti Party", in relation to a member belonging to any political party or aghadi or front in accordance with the Explanation to section 3, means the group consisting of all the members of the Panchayat Samiti for the time being belonging to that political party or aghadi or front in accordance with the said Explanation;
(m) "relevant municipal law",-
(i) in relation to the Municipal Corporation of Greater Bombay, means the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act (Bom. III of 1888);
(ii) in relation to the Corporation of the City of Nagpur, means the City of Nagpur Corporation Act, 1948 (C. P. and Berar II of 1950);
(iii) in relation to the Municipal Corporation of any other City, means the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949 (Bom. LIX of 1949);
[(iv) in relation to the Municipal Council, means the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965);]
(n) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act;
(o) "Zilla Parishad" means a Zilla Parishad constituted under the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962);
(p) "Zilla Parishad Party", in relation to a councillor of a Zilla Parishad belonging to any political party or aghadi or front in accordance with the Explanation to section 3, means the group consisting of all the members of the Zilla Parishad for the time being belonging to that political party or aghadi or front in accordance with the said Explanation.