(1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh District Planning Committee Act,
1999.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on May 19, 1999.
Definitions 2. In this Act, -
(a) “Assembly rolls” means the electoral rolls of any constituency of the Legislative Assembly prepared under and according to the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 ;
(b) “Committee” means the District Planning Committee constituted under section 3;
(c) “District level officer” means such officer of the district as the State Government may, by notification, specify ;
(d) “Kshettra Panchayat” means a Kshettra Panchayat established under section 5 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zilla Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961 ;
(e) “Minister” means a member of the Council of Ministers of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and includes a Minister of State and a Deputy Minister ;
(f) “Municipality” means a Municipal Corporation, a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 or the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959, as the case may be ;
(g) “Population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published ;
(h) “rural area” means an area other than urban area ;
(i) “urban area” means the territorial area of a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat, as the case may be ;
(j) “Zila Panchayat” means a Zila Panchayat established under section 17 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam,
1961.
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