Section 2. Definitions

2. Definitions.— (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— - (a) "appropriate Government" means in respect of matters relating to,— - (i) a Union territory without Legislature, the Central Government; - (ii) the Union territories with Legislature, the Government of the National Capital Territory - of Delhi or, as the case may be, the Government of Union territory of Puducherry; - (iii) a State, the State Government; (b) "holding capacity" means the maximum number of street vendors who can in any vending zone and has been determined as such by the local authority on the commendations of the Town Vending Committee; (c) "local authority" means a Municipal Corporation or a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat, by whatever name called, or the Cantonment Board, or as the case may be, a civil area committee appointed under section 47 of the Cantonment Act, 2006 (41 of 2006) or such other body