Section 2: Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) ―appointed day1‖ means the day which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;

(b) ―article‖ means an article of the Constitution;

(c) ―assembly constituency‖, ―council constituency‖ and ―parliamentary constituency‖ have the same meanings as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);

(d) ―Election Commission‖ means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324;

(e) ―existing State of Bihar‖ means the State of Bihar 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 in any part of the existing State of Bihar; (g) ―notified order‖ means an order published in the Official Gazette; (h) ―population ratio‖, in relation to the States of Bihar and Jharkhand, means the ratio of 645.30:218.44; (i) ―sitting member‖, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of the existing State of Bihar, means a person who immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House; (j) ―successor State‖, in relation to the existing State of Bihar, means the State of Bihar or Jharkhand; (k) ―transferred territory‖ means the territory which on the appointed day is transferred from the existing State of Bihar to the State of Jharkhand; (l) ―treasury‖ includes a sub-treasury; and (m) any reference to a district, tahsil or other territorial division of the existing State of Bihar shall be construed as a reference to the area comprised within that territorial division on the appointed day.