(22)"lodging house" means a hotel, a boarding house, a sarai, dharamshala or rest house not maintained by the Government or a local authority, and unlicensed emigration depot, or any place where casual visitors are received and provided with sleeping accommodation, with or without food, on payment, but does not include-(a)a student's hostel under public or recognized control, or(b)a house licensed under Section 135 for accommodating visitors to a fair or festival, or(c)retiring rooms provided in railway premises for the use of passengers or railway servants;
