2. Definitions.

(a) "Act" means the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006;
(b) "Section" means the section of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006;
(c) "Government" means the State Government of Bihar;
(d) "Mukhiya" means a Mukhiya of the Gram Panchayat elected under the provisions of the Act;
(e) "Member of Gram Panchayat or Ward Member" mean member of the Gram Panchayat elected under clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 12 of the Act;
(f) "Gram Sabha" means a body constituted consisting of persons registered therein the electoral roll pertaining to any village falling within the territorial area of a Panchayat at village level;
(g) "Ward Sabha" means a Ward Sabha constituted under sub-section (1) of section 170 A;
(h) "Ward Sabha Secretary" means the Secretary of the Ward Sabha selected under sub-rule (4) of rule 3 of these rules;
(i) "Ward Implementation and Management Committee" means the Ward Implementation and Management Committee constituted under Section 170B of the Act;
(j) "Member Secretary" means Secretary of the Ward Implementation and Management Committee;
(k) "Executive Officer" means an Executive Officer of the Panchayat Samiti appointed under Section 60 of the Act;
(l) All words and expressions used in these Rules but not defined shall have the same meaning which is respectively assigned to them in the Act.