2. In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (1) “annual value” means the gross rent at which a building or land may be let from year to year; (2) “building” includes any shop, house, hut, out house, shed, stable or enclosure built of any material and used for any purpose, and also includes a wall, well, verandah, platform, plinth and steps; (3) “Chairman” means the Chairman of a Union Parishad; (4) “Circle Officer” means the Circle Officer of the police station concerned, and includes any officer specially appointed by the Government to perform all or any of the functions of a Circle Officer under this Ordinance; (5) “Deputy Commissioner” includes any officer specially appointed by the Government to perform all or any of the functions of a Deputy Commissioner under this Ordinance; (6) “district” means a revenue district; (7) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission of Bangladesh; (8) “function” includes powers to be exercised and duties to be discharged; (9) “infectious disease” means cholera, plague, small-pox and tuberculosis and includes such other disease as the Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, declare to be an infectious disease for the purposes of this Ordinance; (10) “land” includes land which is being built upon or is built up or is covered with water; (11) “member” means a member of a Union Parishad; (12) “municipal body” means a body constituted under any law relating to local government in urban areas, but does not include Cantonment Board; (13) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; (14) “public road” means a road maintained by the Government or by a Union Parishad or other local authority; (15) “public street” means a street maintained by the Government or by a Union Parishad or other local authority; (16) “public way” means a way maintained by the Government or by a Union Parishad or other local authority; (17) “regulations” means regulations made under this Ordinance; (18) “road” includes a road which is not a thoroughfare; (19) “rules” means rules made under this Ordinance; (20) “rural area” means any area which is not an urban area; (21) “street” includes a street which is not a thoroughfare; ¹[* * *] ²[* * *] (24) “tax” includes any rate, fee or other impost leviable under this Ordinance; ³[(25) “Thana” means a police station within the meaning of “police station” as defined in clause (s) of sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act V of 1898); (25A) “Thana Nirbahi Officer” means the Thana Nirbahi Officer of a Thana;] (26) “union” means a rural area declared to be a union under section 3; (27) “Union Parishad” means a Union Parishad constituted under this Ordinance; ⁴[* * *] ⁵[* * *] (30) “Urban area” means an area within the jurisdiction of a municipal body; (31) “ward” means a ward of a Union Parishad; and (32) “way” includes a footway, square, court, alley or passage accessible to the public, whether a thoroughfare or not.