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ORDINANCE VI OF 2000 BALOCHISTAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION ORDINANCE, 2000 ORDINANCE VI OF 2000 An Ordinance to provide for holding elections for the establishments of local Governments in the Province of Balochistan [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 5th October, 2000] No. Legis.-1-122(Law)/2000, dated 5-10-2000.---The following Ordinance made by the Governor of Balochistan on 5th October, 2000, is hereby published for general information:--- 2. Definitions.--In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (1) 'district' means a district or an area declared to be a 'city district', under this Ordinance; (2) 'district Government' means local Government of a district or city district; (3) 'elector' means a person whose name for the time being appears on the electoral roll for a ward prepared or adapted under this Ordinance; (4) 'Government' means the Government of the Balochistan; (5) 'local areas' means the area under the jurisdiction of a local Government; (6) 'local Government' means a district Government, a city district Government, a Tehsil Government, a town Government and a union Government; (7) 'Mauza' means a revenue estate as defined or declared under the Balochistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (W.P. Act XVII of 1967); (8) 'member' means an elected member of a local elected body, and includes a Nazim and a Naib Nazim; (9) ' Nazim' means a Zila Nazim, a Tehsil Nazim, a town Nazim or a union Nazim; (10) 'peasant' means a person who is a landless farm worker or, one who during the period of five years preceding the year in which the election is held, has been the owner of not more than five acres of land and depends directly on it for his subsistence; (11) 'worker' means a person, including a worker as defined in the Industrial Relations Ordinance, 1969 (XXIII of 1969), directly engaged or dependent on personal labour for subsistence living; (12) 'Zila Council' means the council of a district or a city district declared under this Ordinance; and (13) 'Zila Nazim' means a Nazim of a district or a city district.