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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) 'appointing day' means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1; (b) 'non-scheduled areas' means the areas which were, immediately before the commencement of the Constitution, known as 'partially excluded areas' and which were not declared to be scheduled areas by the Scheduled Areas (Part A States) Scheduled Order, 1950;