1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Chittagong Development Authority Ordinance, 1959. (2) It extends to the areas comprised within the limits of the ¹[Chittagong City Corporation]; but the Government may, by notification, extend the Ordinance or any provision thereof to such other areas in the vicinity of the said Corporation as may be specified in the notification. (3) It shall come into force in such areas and on such dates as the Government may, by notification, specify.

2. In this Ordinance unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-(a) “Authority” means the Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3;(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4;(c) “Controlled area” means an area declared to be controlled area under section 26; ²[(c1) “Corporation” means the Chittagong City Corporation;] (d) “Land” includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;(e) “Member” means a member of the Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4; ³[* * *] (g) “Notification” means notification published in the official Gazette;(h) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; and(i) “Secretary to the Authority” means the person for the time being appointed by the Authority to discharge the functions of Secretary to the Authority; ⁴[(j) “Union Parishad” means a Union Parishad constituted under the Local Government (Union Parishads) Ordinance, 1983 (Ord. No. LI of 1983) and situated in any part of the Chittagong District in which this Ordinance is in force;(k) “Zilla Parishad” means the Chittagong Zilla Parishad.]