Section 2:
Definitions.
1* * * In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "article" means an article of the Constitution;
(b) "Assembly constituency" means a constituency provided 2[by law] for the purpose of
elections to the Legislative Assembly of a State;
(c) "Council constituency" means a constituency provided 3[by law] for the purpose of
elections to the Legislative Council of a State;
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(d) "Election Commission" means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324;
(e) "order" means an order published in the Official Gazette;
(f) "Parliamentary constituency" means a constituency provided 5[by law] for the purpose of
elections to the House of the People;
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(g) "person" does not include a body of persons;
(h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
7[(i) "State" includes a Union territory;]
(j) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof.
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Notes:
1. The brackets and figure "(1)"omitted by Act 103 of 1956, s. 65.
2. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "by order made under section 11" (w.e.f.1-11-1956)..
3. Subs. by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956, for "by order made under section 11".
4. Omitted by Act 103 of 1956, s. 65.
5. Subs. by Act 2 of 1956, s. 2, for "by section 6 or by order made thereunder".
6. Omitted by the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) (Adaptation of Laws on Union Subjects) Order, 1974, s. 3 and the
Schedule (w.e.f. 21-1-1972).
7. Subs. by s. 3 and the Schedule, ibid., for clause (i) (w.e.f. 21-1-1972)..
8. Omitted by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956 (w.e.f. 1-11-1956)..