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(3) `building' includes a house, out-house, shop, stable, latrine, shed (other than a cattle
shed in an agricultural land), hut, wall and any other such structure whether of masonry, bricks, wood,
mud, metal or other material whatsoever;
(4) `casual vacancy' means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time, and
`casual election' means an election held to fill a casual vacancy;
(5) [`Chairperson']4 means the Chairperson of a Zilla Parishad elected under section 181;
(6) `Chief 5[Executive Authority]' means the Chief Executive Authority of the Zilla
Parishad appointed under section 186;
(7) `Collector' means any officer incharge of a Revenue Division and includes a Deputy
Collector, a Sub-Collector and an Assistant Collector;
(8) `Commissioner' means any officer who is authorised by the Government to exercise
any of the powers or discharge any of the duties of the Commissioner under this Act;
(9) `Company' means a Company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1
of 1956) and includes a foreign company within the meaning of section 591 of that Act;
(10) `District Munsif' means the District Munsif appointed under the Andhra Pradesh Civil
Courts Act, 1972 (Act 19 of 1971);
(11) `election authority' means such authority not being a member or office bearer of any
local authority as may, by notification, be appointed by the Andhra Pradesh Election Commissioner
for Local Bodies;
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[(12) `executive authority' means the Panchayat Secretary appointed to each Gram
Panchayat.]
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(14) `factory' means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of
1948) and includes any premises including the precincts thereof, wherein any industrial,
manufacturing or trade process is carried on with the aid of steam, water, oil, gas, electrical or any
other form of power which is mechanically transmitted and is not generated by human or animal
agency;
(15) `Finance Commission' means the Finance Commission constituted by the Governor
under section 235;
(16) `Government' means the State Government;
(17) `Gram Panchayat' means the body constituted for the local administration of a village
under the Act;
(18) `Gram Sabha' means the Gram Sabha which comes into existence under section 6;
(19) `house' means a building or a hut fit for human occupation, whether as a residence or
otherwise and includes any shop, factory, workshop or warehouse or any building used for garaging
or parking buses or as a bus-stand, cattle shed (other than a cattle shed in an agricultural land, poultry
shed or dairy shed);
(20) `hut' means any building which is constructed, principally of wood, mud, leaves,
grass, or thatch and includes any temporary structure of whatever size or any small building of
whatever material made, which the Gram Panchayat may declare to be a hut for the purposes of this
Act;
(21) `latrine' includes privy, water closet and urinal;

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The words Chairman and Vice-Chairman substituted with Chairperson and Vice Chairperson by Section 7(i)
and (ii) of Act. No. 37 of 2001.
5
The words executive officer substituted with the words Executive Authority through out the principal Act by
Section 12 of Act No. 22 of 2002.
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Substituted by Section 2(1) of Act No. 22 of 2002 .
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Omitted by Section 2(2) of Ibid.