2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Devipatan Region" means the whole of the area within the revenue Tehsil of Tulsipur in District Balrampur of Uttar Pradesh;
(b) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Parishad appointed under section 4;
(c) "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 5;
(d) "Executive Vice-Chairperson" means the Executive Vice-Chairperson of the Parishad appointed under section 4;
(e) "Implementing agency" means a department of the State Government or a public undertaking under the jurisdiction of the State Government or the Government of India chosen for preparation and/or implementation of any Project plan;
(f) "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
(g) "Local body" means a Development Authority, Municipal Body or any other local authority concerned with the urban development within the Balrampur District or any Gram Panchayat under the same;
(h) "Member" means a member of the Parishad or the Planning and Development Committee and includes the Chairperson thereof;
(i) "Parishad" means the Shree Devipatan Dham Teerth Vikas Parishad constituted under section 3;
(j) "Participating Department" means the State Government Departments or a Local Body in Balrampur District whose activities have or are likely to have bearing on the functions of the Parishad;
(k) "Plan" means the Shree Devipatan Dham Teerth Vikas Plan;
(l) "Planning and Development Committee" means the Planning and Development Committee constituted under section 6;
(m) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(n) "Project Plan" means a detailed plan prepared to implement one or more elements to the Plan;
(o) "Regulations" means regulations made by the Parishad under this Act;
(p) "Shree Devipatan Dham Teerth Vikas Plan" means the plan prepared under this Act for the development of the Devipatan region and for the development of infrastructure facilities for tourism and culture essentially for religious activities and Spiritual Tourism. The function of the trust would be for conservation of the Heritage, both tangible and intangible, in the Devipatan region;