The State of Mizoram Act,1986
Section 2. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Administrator” means the administrator appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(b) “Appointed day1 means the day which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint;
(c) “Article” means an article of the Constitution;
(d) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission appointed by the President under article 324;
(e) “Existing Union territory of Mizoram” means the Union territory of Mizoram 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 any part of the existing Union territory of Mizoram;
(g) “Sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of the existing Union territory of Mizoram, means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House or that Assembly;
(h) “Treasury” includes a sub-treasury.
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1. 20-2-1987:Vide Notification No.S.O.72(E), dated 11-2-1987, Gazette of India ,1987, Extra-ordinary, Part II, Section 3(ii).
