(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) Act means the Meghalaya Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.
(b) Government means State Government of Meghalaya;
(c) holding capacity means the maximum number of street vendors who can be accommodated in any vending zone;
(d) Town Vending Committee means the body constituted by the Government under Section 4;
(e) local authority means the Deputy Commissioner of the District;
(f) notification means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(g) planning authority means a committee constituted District-wise by the State Government;
(h) prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(i) scheme means schemes framed by the Government under section 3;
(j) specified means as specified by the scheme;
(k) State Government means the Government of the State of Meghalaya;
(l) state nodal officer means an officer designated by the State to coordinate all matters relating to urban street vending in the State.
(m) street vendor means a person engaged in vending of articles, goods, waters, food items or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to general public, in a street, lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area or from a temporary built up structure or by moving from place to place and includes hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms which may be local or region specific; and the words street vending with their grammatical variations and cognate expression, shall be construed accordingly;
(n) vending zone means an area or place or a location designated as such by the planning authority for the specific use by street vendors for street vending and includes footpath, sidewalk, pavement, embankment, portions of a street, waiting area for public or any such place considered suitable for vending activities and providing services to the general public.
(2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment or any provision thereof shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law., if any, in force in that area.