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(a) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Scheduled Tribes appointed under section 5;
(b) “Commission” means the Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Scheduled Tribes constituted under section 3;
(c) “Civil Rights” means any right accruing to a person by reason of the abolition of untouchability by Article 17 of the Constitution of India;
(d) “Disabilities” means those as provided in article 15 (2) of the Constitution of India;
(e) “Government” means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh;
(f) “Notification” means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly;
(g) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act;
(h) “Scheduled Tribes” shall have the meanings assigned to them under clause (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution;
- (i) “Scheduled Areas” means such areas as the president may by order declare to be Scheduled Areas under Para 6(1) of the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of India;
(j) The words and expressions used by not defined in this Act shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the concerned Acts/Regulations/Rules or any other such Legislation time being. CHAPTER-II ANDHRA PRADESH STATE COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED TRIBES

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