.....appoint. 2. Definitions :" In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires " (1) "district" means the revenue district referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 or the local area constituted into a district under sub-section (2) of that section as altered by the notifications, if any, issued under sub-section (3) of the same section; (2) " Government" means the State Government; (3) '"panchayat" and "panchayat union council" have the meanings assigned to them under the law for the time being in force relating to their constitution : . (4) a person is deemed to have his "residence" or to "reside" in any house if he sometimes uses any portion thereof as a sleeping apartment, and a person is not, deemed to cease to reside in any such house merely because he is absent from it or has elsewhere another dwelling in which he resides, if he is at liberty to return to such house at any time and has not abandoned his intention of returning; (5) "revenue district" means any local area which for the purposes of revenue administration is under the charge of a District Collector; (6) "year" means the financial year. 3. Districts :" (1) Save as otherwise provided.....
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