Chandernagore (Merger) Act,1954

Act No : 36

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Section : DEFINITIONS

SECTION 02: DEFINITIONS

- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "appointed day" means the 2nd day of October, 1954;

(b) "Assembly constituency", "Council constituency" and "Parliamentary constituency" have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950;

(c) "Chandemagore" means the whole of the territory which immediately before the 9th day of June, 1952 was comprised in the Free Town of Chandemagore;

(d) "law" means so much of any enactment. Ordinance, Regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification, bye-law or any other instrument having the force of law as relates to matters enumerated in List I and List III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution;

(e) "sitting member", in relation to the House of the People or either House of the Legislature of the State of West Bengal, means a person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of the House;

(f) "State Government" means the Government of West Bengal;

(g) "Union purposes" mean the purposes of Government relatable to any of the matters mentioned in the Union List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.

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