In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -
(a) "Act" means the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976;
(b) "Appendix" means an Appendix appended to these rules;
(c) "Competent Authority" means the authority specified as such in Appendix ‘A’ and includes any other officer to whom the competent authority may delegate its powers under these rules;
[(cc) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation.]1
(d) "Corporation" means a Corporation constituted under the Act to be known as the Municipal Corporation;
(e) "Corporation Fund" means the fund constituted under Section 76 of the Act;
(f) "Director" means the Director, Local Government, Punjab;
(g) "Examiner" means Examiner, Local Fund Accounts, Punjab, and includes any other officer authorised by him for conducting audit of accounts of a Corporation;
(h) "Fund" means the fund established under rule 4 of these rules;
(i) "Government" Means the Government of Punjab in the Department of Local Government, Housing and Urban Development;
(j) "pension" includes family pension and its commuted value;
(k) "qualifying service" means the service rendered under a Corporation for which an employee is paid from the Corporation fund and shall include any service rendered under the Government of Punjab, any Improvement Trust, a Committee or any other Public Sector Undertaking immediately before joining the Service;
(l) "Service" means the service rendered under the control of a Corporation;
(m) "Secretary’ means Secretary Local Government, Punjab.
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