(1) This Act may be called the GorkhalandTerritorial Administration Act, 2011.
(2) It shall come into force and shall be deemed to have come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Chief Executive" means the Chief Executive of the GorkhalandTerritorial Administration as specified under sub-section (6) of section 37;
(b) "constituency" means a constituency provided by an order made under section 6 for the purpose of election to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha;
(c) "election" includes general election and also an election to fill a seat or seats in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha;
(d) "elector" in relation to a constituency means a person whose name is entered in the electoral roll of that constituency for the time being in force;
(e) "Executive Sabha" means the Sabha constituted under section 41;
(t) "Executive Sabha Member" means the person nominated under sub-section
(1) of section 41, and includes the Chief Executive or the Deputy Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration;
(g) "Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha" means the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha constituted under this Act;
(h) "Government" means the Government of the State of West Bengal;
(i) "Gram Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat constituted under section 4 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973;
(j) "Member" means a member of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha;
(k) "Municipality" has the same meaning as in clause (38A) of section 2 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993;
(1) "notification" means the notification published in the Official Gazette;
(m) "Panchayat Samiti" means a Panchayat Samiti constituted under section 94 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973;
(n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(o) "region" means the territory comprising the three hill sub-divisions of the district of Darjeeling, namely, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong, and includes the following mouzas in the sub-division of Siliguri of that district:
(i) Lohagarh Tea Garden,
(ii) Lohagarh Forest, Rangmohan,
(iv) Barachenga,
(v) Panighata,
(vi) Chota Adalpur,
(vii) Paharu,
(viii) Sukna Forest,
(ix) Sukna Part I,
(x) Pantapati Forest I, Short title and commencement.
Definitions.
West Ben. Act XLI of 1973.
West Ben. Act XXII of 1993.
PART III] THE KOLKATA GA7FTTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 12, 2012 3 The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.
(Chapter 1.—Preliminary.--Sections 3-6.)
Mahanadi Forest, Champasari Forest, Salbari Chhat Part II, Si tong Forest, Sivoke Hill Forest, Sivoke Forest, Chhota Chenga, Nipania.
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
Delimitation of constituencies.
(p) "rules" mean the rules made by the Government and includes the regulation made by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration under this Act;
(q) "Fund" means the fund constituted under section 55;
(r) "State" means the State of West Bengal;
(s) "State Planning Board" means the West Bengal State Planning Board established by the Government;
(t) "Zilla Parishad" means a Zilla Parishad constituted under section 140 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.