In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
- "District Collector" means the Collector of the District.
- "District Expert, Committee" means the District Expert Committee constituted under section 3.
- "Fund" means the River Management Fund maintained under section 17.
- "Government" means the Government of Kerala.
- "Kadavu" means river bank, or water body where removal of sand is carried out.
- "Kadavu Committee" means the Kadavu Committee constituted under section 4.
- "Local Authority" means a Village Panchayat constituted under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a Municipality constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994, (20 of 1994).
- "Municipality" means a Town Panchayat or a Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994).
- "Notification" means a notification published in the Gazette under this Act.
- "Prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act.
- "Section" means a section of this Act.
- "Grama Panchayat" means a Village panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994).
- "Block Panchayat" means a Block Panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994).
- "District Panchayat" means a District Panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994).