In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "appointed date" means a date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1;
(b) "Azamabad Industrial Area" means the land owned by Government and situated at Mushirabad within the limits of Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, divided into plots of different sizes for industrial purpose by the erstwhile Nizam's Government and known as 'Azamabad Industrial Area';
(c) "Competent Authority" means any authority, officer or person authorised by the Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the Competent Authority under this Act;
(d) "demised plot" means any plot of land or part thereof in the Azamabad Industrial Area, which has been leased out to any person for industrial use either by erstwhile Nizam's Government or by the Government of Hyderabad or by the Government of Andhra Pradesh or in respect of which there is other arrangement with any person;
(e) "Government" means the State Government of Telangana;
(f) "notification" means a notification published in the Telangana Gazette and the word 'notified' shall be construed accordingly;
(g) "person" means an individual and includes a firm or a branch thereof, a body corporate or a branch thereof or any association or a joint Hindu Family or a Company;
(h) "person in occupation" includes lessee, sub-lessee or any person who is in occupation of the demised plot under an arrangement with the erstwhile Nizam's Government or the erstwhile Government of Hyderabad or the Government of Andhra Pradesh or any other person who has been inducted into the demised plot;
(i) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act;
(j) "structure" includes,-
(a) a building, a house, shop, hut, shed or other structure or enclosure, whether roofed or not of whatsoever material constructed and includes every part of it;
(b) all walls, verandahs, platforms, door steps and the like;
(c) a tent or other portable or temporary shelter.