State of Himachal Pradesh Act : Definitions. Indian Bare Acts :

State of Himachal Pradesh Act,1970

Act No : 53

Section : Definitions.

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Administrator" means the administrator appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; (b) "appointed day" means the day1* which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint; (c) "article" means an article of the Constitution; (d) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324; (e) "existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh" means the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh as existing immediately before the appointed day; (f) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having, immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the whole or any part of the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh; (g) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House or that Assembly; (h) "treasury" includes a sub-treasury. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 25-1-1971 : vide Notification No. G.S.R. 43, dated 6-1-1971, see Gazette of India Exty., Part II, Sec, 3(i), p. 11. 1018