Chapter 1 PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Kerala State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Act, 2007. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Commission" means the Kerala State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes constituted under section 3; (b) "Government" means the Government of Kerala; (c) "Member" means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. (e) "Scheduled Castes" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (24) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India; (f) "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India;