Definitions

In this Act-(a) ‘Assembly’ means the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly; (b) ‘Chairman’ means Chairman of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly; (c) ‘Deputy Chairman’ means the Deputy Chairman of the Assembly; (d) ‘duration of membership; in relation to a member means the period- (i) beginning with the date of publication in the official Gazette of the notification of his election or nomination, as the case may be, or the date he makes more or subscribes the oath or affirmation in accordance with Article 188 of the Constitution of India, whichever is earlier ; and (ii) ending with the date when he ceases to be such a member due to death, resignation or otherwise; (e) ‘Leader of Opposition’ means the member of the Assembly who is, for the time being, recognized as such by the Chairman, as the case may be ; (f) ‘member’ means a member of the Assembly, who does not hold the office of a Minister, Chairman, Deputy Chairman; (g) ‘member of family’ in relation to a member of assembly, whether or not be holds any office referred to in clause(f), means his or her spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister, residing with and wholly dependent on such member; (h) ‘Minister’ means the Chief Minister, a Minister for State or a Deputy Minister; (i) ‘place of residence’ in relation to a member means the place of which the member is, according to the entry in the electoral roll of an Assembly Constituency, ordinarily resident, and in case the member changes such place, the place within Uttarakhand notified as such on request of the member by the Secretary : Provided that no such notification shall be issued before the expiry of the period of six months after the election or after the issue of the earlier notification issued under this clause, as the case may be ; (j) ‘Railway coupons’ means free non–transferable rail travel coupons issued under the authority of the Railway Board for the purposes of this Act; (k) ‘incidental charge’ means – (i) in the case of a journey performed by rail an amount equal to the railway fare for such journey in first class for one person; and (ii) in any other case, the amount payable as such at the rate to be prescribed; (l) “secretary/Principal Secretary” in relation to members of the Assembly, means the Secretary/Principal Secretary of the Assembly; (m) ‘year’ means the period of twelve months commencing on the first day of June and ending on the thirty-first day of May next following.