Construction of reference of certain expressions by certain other expressions

Throughout the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services Decentralization and Recruitment Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),––

1. (a) for the words “State of Jammu and Kashmir”, wherever they occur, the words “Union territory of Ladakh” shall be substituted;
2. (b) for the words “Jammu and Kashmir”, wherever they occur, the word “Ladakh” shall be substituted;
3. (c) for the word “Government”, wherever it occurs, the word “Administration” shall be substituted;
4. (d) for the words “Government Gazette”, wherever they occur, the words “Official Gazette of the Union territory of Ladakh” shall be substituted;
5. (e) for the words “State Cadre”, wherever they occur, the words “Union territory Cadre” shall be substituted;
6. (f) the words “, Divisional”, “or Divisional”, “Divisional or”, “or Division” and “or the Division”, wherever they occur, shall be omitted;
7. (g) for the words “permanent resident of the State”, wherever they occur, the words “domicile of the Union territory of Ladakh” shall be substituted.