(1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the Definitions.
subject or context,—
(a) "Authority" means a Valuation Authority constituted under section 27;
(b) "Board" means the Central Valuation Board established under section 4;
(c) "Calcutta" means Calcutta as defined in the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951;
(d) "Chandernagore" means Chandernagore as defined in the Chandernagore Municipal Act, 1955;
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(e) "Commissioners of a municipality" includes a notified area authority;
(f) "Corporation" means the Corporation of Calcutta and includes the Municipal Corporation of Chandernagore;
"Fund" means the Central Valuation Board Fund referred to in section 20;
(h) "Garden Reach area" has the same meaning as in the Garden Reach Municipality Act, 1932;
(i) "land or building" includes a holding;
(j) "municipality" means a municipality constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 and includes a notified area constituted under tthat Act and also Garden Reach area;
(k) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(I) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(nt) "regulations" means regulations made under section
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(2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not defined shall have the same meaning as in the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 or the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, as the case may be.
3. With effect from the date from which the valuation made by the Board under this Act becomes operative in any area, the provisions of the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 or the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 or any other law relating to any of the matters provided for in this Act shall be deemed, in respect of such area, to have been modified to the extent of the provisions made in this Act.