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BALOCHISTAN COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 1998 BALOCHISTAN COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 1998 CHAPTER I , PRELIMINARY 2. Definitions.‑‑In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context: (a) "Authority" means Balochistan Coastal Development Authority established under this Act. (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Governing Body; (c) "Coastal areas" means the coastal area of the Balochistan Province; (d) "Fund" means the fund of the said Authority. (e) "Governing Body" means the Governing Body constituted under this Act; (f) "Government" means the Government of Balochistan; (g) "Master Plan" means a Plan prepared under this Act. (h) "Member" means a member of the Governing Body. (i) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act; (j) "Rules and regulations" respectively means rules and regulations made under this Act. (k) "Scheme" means a scheme prepared undertaken or executed under this Act; (1) "Building" includes any factory, industrial or business establishment and any other structure whether meant for residential, business or recreational purposes or not, made of masonry bricks, Wood, Mud, Thatched material or any other material but does not include a temporarily made structure for the purpose of Agriculture. (m) "Port Area" means a major port falling within the jurisdiction of Federal Government of Pakistan as per Federal Legislative List of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. (n) "Landing Jetties and Harbours" means the areas falling under the Provincial Limits of Balochistan Government. (o) "Land" includes the bed of the sea below high water mark, and also things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth.