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Section 2
The Jammu and Kashmir Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities Act, 2011Jammu and Kashmir

Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, –– (a) “Act” means the Jammu and Kashmir 1[x x x] Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities Act, 2011 ;

(b) “Commission” means the 1[x x x] Finance Commission for Panchayats and Municipalities constituted under section 3 of the Act ;

(c) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Commission ;

(d) “Government” means the 2[Government of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] ;

(e) “Member” means a Member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson ;

(f) “Municipality” means the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Committee or a Municipal Council constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act, 2000 or the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000, as the case may be ;

(g) “Notification” means a notification published in the *[Government Gazette] ;

(h) “Panchayats” means Panchayati Raj Institutions constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 ;

(i) “Panchayati Raj Institution” means an institution by whatever name called, constituted under the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 ;

(j) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under the Act.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.