(a) "Board" means the Board of Governors of the predecessor Council ;
(b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Council ;
(c) "Convener" means the Convener of the Council ;
(d) "Council" means the Uttar Pradesh Development Council established under section 3 ;
(e) "Member" means a member of the Council ;
(f) "Predecessor Council" means the Uttar Pradesh Development Council, first established by Industrial Development Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh in Office Memorandum no. 55 (SachivGa Camp)/Au. Vi. Anu-6, dated the October 15, 2003 and subsequently registered as a Society on thirty first day of March, 2004 at serial number 2348/2003-2004 by the Registrar of Societies, Uttar Pradesh under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 ;
(g) "Secretary" means the Member Secretary of the Council