Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Central Authority” means the Central Housing and Planning Authority established under this Act; “judge” means any judge of the Supreme Court in chambers, and in the case of any matter within the jurisdiction of an inferior court, includes the magistrate; “local authority” means any authority which the Minister shall by Order published in the Gazette declare to be a local authority for the purposes of this Act, and within the area and to the extent specified in such Order; “owner” in relation to any building or land, means a person, other than a mortgagee, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of the right of ownership of the building or land, 8 whether in possession or reversion, and includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the building or land under a lease or agreement the unexpired term of which exceeds three years; “road” means any road whether public or private and includes any street, square, court, alley, lane, bridge, footway, trace, bridle path, passage or highway, whether a thoroughfare or not; “scheme” means a scheme under this Act and includes a housing scheme, a slum-clearance scheme, a re-development scheme, a town planning scheme, a regional scheme, a supplementary scheme and a scheme varying or revoking an existing scheme.