The

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ; , ; abbr. KP or KPK), formerly known as the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Pakistan. Located in the Northern Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber ...

Local Government Act 2013 was passed by the

provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of t ...

on 31 October 2013, and is published as an Act of the Provincial Legislature of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as No.PA/Khyber Pakhtunkhwa/Bills/2013/10518 by the Authority of Local Government Elections & Rural Development Department on 7 November 2013. An Act; ''"to construct and regulate local government institutions in the Province of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and to consolidate laws relating to these institutions and to provide for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto".''

Definitions

---In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

District

“District” means a revenue district notified under the West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (W.P. Act No. XVII of 1967);(Clause s)

Neighbourhood

Neighbourhood Council A neighborhood council (also known as a community league) is a governmental or non-governmental body, whose purpose is to promote citizen participation in local government.Martin Minogue, ''Documents on Contemporary British Government: Volume 2, L ...

" means a mohallah, a group of streets, lanes or roads, in areas with urban characteristics, designated as Neighbourhood by Government;(Clause f) A Neighbourhood Council for a Neighbourhood is areas with urban characteristics''(5-f)''.

Village

"Village or

Village Council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counci ...

" means an integrated and contiguous human habitation commonly identified by a name and includes a Dhok, Chak, Kalay(

Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ...

: کلے), Goth, Gaown (

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: گاوں), Deh, Basti or any other comparable habitation;(Section ii) A Village Council for a village is the rural areas''(5-e)''.

Tehsil

"Tehsil" means a Tehsil notified under the
West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967
(W.P. Act No. XVII of 1967);''(gg)''.

Town

"Town" means an area notified by the Government under section-9 to be a Town in a City District;''(hh)''.Khber-Pakhtunkhwa-Local-Government-Act-2013.pdf
Published:Nov, 17 2013, p:8

References

External links

Khber-Pakhtunkhwa-Local-Government-Act-2013.pdf

Khber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Official Publications

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