For section 2 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:--
    "2.Definitions.--In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
        (a) "recognised group" means,--
            (i) in relation to the Council of States, every party which has a strength of not less than fifteen members and not more than twenty-four members in the Council;
            (ii) in relation to the House of the People, every party which has a strength of not less than thirty members and not more than fifty-four members in the House;
         (b) "recognised party" means,--
            (i) in relation to the Council of States, every party which has a strength of not less than twenty-five members in the Council;
            (ii) in relation to the House of the People, every party which has a strength of not less than fifty-five members in the House.".