Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "City of Salem" or "City" means the local area comprised in the Salem Municipality and includes any local area which after the date of the commencement of this Act, is included in the City but does not include any local area which after such date of the commencement is excluded from the City;
2. (b) "Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation of Salem constituted under section 3;
3. (c) "Council" means the Municipal Council of Salem;
4. (d) "date of the commencement of this Act" means the date appointed under sub-section

1. (3) of section 1;
   • (e) "Government" means the State Government;
   • (f) "Municipality" means the Salem Municipality;
   • (g) "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in clauses
2. (24) and
3. (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution;
   • (h) all words and expressions used in this Act, and not defined but defined in the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 (hereinafter referred to as the 1981 Act), shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in the 1981 Act.