(1) This Act may be called the Uttarakhand Right to Service Act,
2011.
(2) It shall come into force at on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Definitions 2. In these Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
(a) ‘Commission’ means a Commission constituted under section 12;
(b) ‘Designated Officer’ means an officer as notified under section 3;
(c) ‘eligible person’ means a person who is eligible for obtaining services notified under section 3;
(d) ‘First Appellate Authority’ means an officer, who is notified as such under section 3;
(e) ‘given time limit’ means maximum time to provide the service by the Designated officer as notified under section 3;
(f) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) ‘right to service’ means a right to obtain the service within the given time limit;
(h) ‘service’ means any service notified under section 3;
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(i) ‘Second Appellate Authority’ means an officer who is notified as such under section 3;
(j) ‘section’ means a section of this Act; and
(k) ‘State Government’ means the Government of the State of Uttarakhand.
Notification of service, Designated Officers, First Appellate Authority, Second Appellate Authority and the given time limit