Section 2
Definitions.
The Union Territories (Direct Election to the House of the People) Act, 1965
About this Act
An Act to provide for direct election in certain Union territories for filling the seats allotted to them in the House of the People and for matters connected therewith.
In this Act
(a) "parliamentary constituency" has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(b) "sitting member" means a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act is a member of the House of the People;
(c) "Union territory" means any of the Union territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1 [Lakshadweep] and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
(a) "parliamentary constituency" has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(b) "sitting member" means a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act is a member of the House of the People;
(c) "Union territory" means any of the Union territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 1 [Lakshadweep] and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Notes
1. Subs. by the Laccadive, Minicoy and Aminidivi Islands (Alteration of Name) Adaptation of Laws Order, 1974
(w.e.f. 1-11-1973).