Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) Constitution means the Constitution of India; (b) district means a revenue district of the State of Tamil Nadu; (c) Government means the State Government; (d) Metropolitan area means an area having a population of ten lakhs or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more municipalities or panchayats or other contiguous areas, as may be specified by the Government by notification to be a Metropolitan area for the purposes of this Act; (e) municipality means an institution of self-government constituted under Article 243-Q of the Constitution; (f) panchayat means a panchayat constituted under Article 243-B of the Constitution; (g) population means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published.