(ix)[ "Registering Authority" means in rural area, Zila Panchayat or Janpad Panchayat or Gram Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (1 of 1994) for their respective Panchayat Areas and in Urban areas, Municipal Corporation constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956) or Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961) as the case may be, for their respective areas.] [[Substituted by M.P. Act No. 13 of 2001 (w.e.f. 20-4-2001) : Prior to substitution it read as under:
