¹[2. In this ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-(a) “Arbitration Council” means a body consisting of the Chairman and a representative of each of the parties to a matter dealt with in this Ordinance:Provided that where any party fails to nominate a representative within the prescribed time, the body formed without such representative shall be the Arbitration Council;(b) “Chairman” means-(i) the Chairman of the Union Parishad;(ii) the Chairman of the Paurashava;(iii) the Mayor or Administrator of the Municipal Corporation;(iv) the person appointed by the Government in the Cantonment areas to discharge the functions of Chairman under this Ordnance;(v) where the union Parishad, Paurashava or Municipal Corporation is superseded, the person discharging the functions of such Parishad, Paurashava or Corporation or as the case may be, appointed by the Government to discharge the functions of Chairman under this Ordinance:Provided the where the Chairman of the Union Parishad or Paurashava or the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation is a non-Muslim, or he himself wishes to make an application to the Arbitration Council, or is, owing to illness or an other reason, unable to discharge the functions of Chairman the Union Parishad, Paurashava or Municipal Corporation shall elect one of its Muslim members or Commissioner as Chairman for the purposes of this ordinance;(c) “Municipal Corporation” means the Municipal Corporation constituted under the Chittagong Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1982 (XXXV of 1982), or the Dhaka Municipal Corporation Ordinance, 1983 (XL of 1983), or the Khulna Municipal Ordinance, 1984 (LXXII of 1984), and having in the matter jurisdiction as prescribed; (d) “Paurashava” means the Paurashava constituted under the Paurashava Ordinance, 1977 (XXVI of 1977), and having the matter jurisdiction as prescribed;(e) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under section11;(f) “Union Parishad” means the Union Parishad constituted under the Local Government (Union Parishads) Ordinace, 1983 (LI of 1983), and having in the matter jurisdiction as prescribed.]