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with water, benefits to arise out of land, things attached to the earth or perma -
nently fastened to anything attached to the earth and rights created by legislative
enactment over any street

(12) "Land Revenue Code" means-

(a) in the Bombay and Saurashtra areas of the S tate of Gujarat, the
Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879, and

(b) in the Kutch area of the State of Gujarat, the said Code as applied to
that area;

6[(12A) "list of voters" means a list of vot ers published under sub -section (2) of
section 9 for a ward within the meaning of that expression in sub -section (1) of
section 7;]
6A[(12B) "mobile tower" means a temporary or permanent structure, equipment
or instrument erected or installed on land or upon any part of the building or
premises for providing telecommunication services;]

7[( 13) "Municipal Borough" means a transitional area, or as the case may be, a
smaller urban area, as spe cified in clause (2) of article 243Q of the Constitution
of India and includes other local areas already declared to be a municipal
borough prior to the commencement of the Gujarat Municipalities (Amendment)
Act, 1993;]

8[(14)"Municipality" means Nagar Pa nchayat constituted under section 5( 1) or
as the case may be, "Municipal Council" constituted under section 5(2)" ];

(15) "nuisance" includes any act, omission, place or thing which causes or is
likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight,
smelling or hearing, or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health
or property;

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(17) "official year" means the year commencing on the first day of April;

(18) "owner" includes the person for th e time being receiving the rent of any
land or building, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other
person or for any society or for any religious or charitable purposes, or who
would so receive the rent if such land or building were let to a tenant;

(19) "panchayat" means a panchayat of any class constituted under the Gujarat
Panchayats Act, 1961;

10[(20) "Population" in relation to the municipal borough means the population as
ascertained in the last preceding cens us of which the relevent figures have been
published;

(20A) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under section 277;]

(21) "public securities" means-

(a) securities of the Central Government and of the State Government,

(b) stocks, debentures or shares in railway or other companies the
interest whereon has been guaranteed by the Secretary of State for India
in Council or the Central or the State Government,

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