Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Administrator" means the administrator appointed by the President under article 239; (b) "appointed day" means the day which the Central Government may, by notification, appoint; (c) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (d) "assembly constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950; (e) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324; (f) "existing Union territory" means the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu as existing immediately before the appointed day; (g) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or any part of the existing Union territory; (h) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (i) "population ratio", in relation to the State of Goa and the Union, means the ratio of 42:3.25; (j) "sitting member", in relation to the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory, means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House or that Assembly; (k) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury. In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Union Territory of Daman and Diu appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; (b) "Chairman" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Goa, Daman and Diu Village Panchayats Regulation, 1962; (c) "panchayat" means a panchayat established under section 3 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Village Panchayats Regulation, 1962; (d) "Pradesh Council" means the Pradesh Council constituted under section 3; (e) "Union territory" means the Union territory of Daman and Diu.