Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Councillor" means a councillor of a Municipal Corporation or, as the case may be, a municipality; (b) "Member" means a member of a panchayat; (c) "Municipal Corporation" means a municipal corporation constituted under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949; (d) "municipal party" in relation to a councillor belonging to any political party in accordance with the Explanation to section 3 means,- (i) in the case of a councillor of a municipal corporation, the group consisting of all the councillors of the municipal corporation for the time being belonging to that political party in accordance with the said Explanation; (ii) in the case of a councillor of a municipality the group consisting of all the councillors of the municipality for the time being belonging to that political party in accordance with the said Explanation; (e) "Municipality" means a municipality constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963; (f) "original political party" in relation to a councillor or a member means the political party to which he belongs for the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 3; (g) "panchayat" means a district panchayat or, as the case may be, a taluka panchayat constituted under the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1961; (h) "panchayat party" in relation to a member belonging to any political party in accordance with the Explanation to section 3 means the group consisting of all the members of the panchayat for the time being belonging to that political party in accordance with the said Explanation.