For the purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression--

(a) "municipal council" includes an administrator or officer appointed toexercise the powers and to perform the functions of a municipal council under section 315 or 316;

¹[(b) Grama Panchayat includes a person or persons appointed to exercise the powers and to perform the functions of a Grama Panchayat in sections 8, 117, 118 and 268 of the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993.]

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1. Substituted by Act 36 of 1994 w.e.f. 1.6.1994.