Definitions

(1) In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context:— (a) "Assembly" means the Gujarat Legislative Assembly; (b) "Committee" means a Committee of the Assembly; (c) "Member" means a Member of the Assembly; (d) "Minister" and "Deputy Minister" mean respectively a Minister and Deputy Minister of the Government of Gujarat, and "Minister" includes (i) the Chief Minister, (ii) the Deputy Chief Minister, and (iii) a Minister of State; (e) "Parliamentary Secretary" means a Parliamentary Secretary to a Minister; (f) "Speaker" means the Speaker of the Assembly; (g) "term of office" in relation to a Member means the period beginning with the date when such Member takes his seat in the Assembly and ending with the date on which his seat becomes vacant: Provided that in the case of Members of the Bombay Legislative Assembly who are by virtue of section 15 of the Bombay Reorganization Act, 1960, deemed to have been elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly the period of their term of office shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to begin with the 1st day of May, 1960.