Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Commission nominated under section 3; (b) civil rights means any right accruing to a person by reason of the abolition of untouchability by Article 17 of the Constitution of India; (c) Commission means the Tamil Nadu State Commission for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes constituted under section 3; (d) Government means the State Government; (e) Member means a Member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and the Member-Secretary; (f) prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in clauses (24) and (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India; (h) State means the State of Tamil Nadu.