2. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
"appointed day" means the 1st day of October, 1953;
"article" means an article of the Constitution.
"Assembly constituency", "Council constituency" and "Parliamentary constituency" have the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950; (43 of 1950);
"law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or in any part of the State of Madras or Mysore as constituted immediately before the appointed day;
"Order" means an Order published in the Official Gazette;
"sitting member" in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State, means a person who immediately before the appointed day is a member of that House;
"transferred territory" means the territory added to the State of Mysore by sub-section (1) of section 4.