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TMI BlogDefinitionsX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... f India, and as respects any period after that date and before the date of establishment of the Dominion of India means all territories for the time being comprised within the Governors' Provinces and the Chief Commissioners' Provinces, except that a reference to British India in an Indian law passed or made before the commencement of Part III of the Government of India Act, 1935, shall not include a reference to Berar; (6) "British possession" shall mean any part of Her Majesty's dominions exclusive of the United Kingdom, and where parts of those dominions are under both a Central and a Local Legislature, all parts under the Central Legislature shall, for the purposes of this definition, be deemed to be one British possession; (7) "Central Act" shall means an Act of Parliament, and shall include — (a) an Act of the Dominion Legislature or of the Indian Legislature passed before the commencement of the Constitution, and (b) an Act made before such commencement by the Governor General in Council or the Governor General, acting in a legislative capacity; (8) "Central Government" shall, — (a) in relation to anything done before the commencement of the Constitution, mean the Governor G ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... part of His Majesty's dominions exclusive of the British Islands, the Dominions of India and Pakistan (and before the establishment of those Dominions, British India), any Dominion as defined in the Statute of Westminister, 1931, any Province or State forming part of any of the said Dominions, and British Burma; and (b) in any Central Act passed before the commencement of Part III of the said Act, mean any part of His Majesty's Dominions exclusive of the British Islands and of British India; and in either case where parts of those Dominions are under both a Central and Local Legislature, all parts under the Central Legislature shall, for the purpose of this definition, be deemed to be one colony; (13) "commencement" used with reference to an Act or Regulation, shall mean the day on which the Act or Regulation comes into force; (14) "Commissioner" shall mean the chief officer in charge of the revenue-administration of a division; (15) "Constitution" shall mean the Constitution of India; (16) "Consular officer" shall include consul-general, consul, vice-consul, consular agent, pro-consul and any person for the time being authorised to perform the duties of consul-general, consul, vi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... period after the commencement of the Constitution, all territories for the time being comprised in the territory of India; (29) "Indian law" shall mean any Act, Ordinance, regulation, rule, order, bye-law or other instrument which before the commencement of the Constitution had the force of law in any Province of India or part thereof, or thereafter has the force of law in any Part A State or Part C State or part thereof, but does not include any Act or Parliament of the United Kingdom or any Order in Council, rule or other instrument made under such Act; (30) "Indian State" shall mean any territory which the Central Government recognised as such a State before the commencement of the Constitution, whether described as a State, an Estate, a Jagir or otherwise; (31) "local authority" shall mean a municipal committee, district board, body of port commissioners or other authority legally entitled to, or entrusted by the Government with, the control or management of a municipal or local fund; (32) "Magistrate" shall include every person exercising all or any of the powers of a Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure for the time being in force; (33) "master", used with referen ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ssioner's Province; (46) "Provincial Act" shall mean an Act made by the Governor in Council, Lieutenant Governor in Council or Chief Commissioner in Council of a Province under any of the Indian Councils Acts or the Government of India Act, 1915, or an Act made by the Local Legislature or the Governor of a Province under the Government of India Act, or an Act made by the Provincial Legislature or Governor of a Province or the Coorg Legislative Council under the Government of India Act, 1935; (47) "Provincial Government" shall mean, as respects anything done before the commencement of the Constitution, the authority or person authorised at the relevant date to administer executive Government in the Province in question; (48) "public nuisance" shall mean a public nuisance as defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860); (49) "registered", used with reference to a document, shall mean registered in India under the law for the time being in force for the registration of documents; (50) "Regulation" shall mean a Regulation made by the President under article 240 of the Constitution and shall include a Regulation made by the President under article 243 thereof and a Regulation made by t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... titution to the Government of India, include the Central Government acting within the scope of the authority given to it under that article; (61) "sub-section" shall mean a sub-section of the section in which the word occurs; (62) "swear", with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall include affirming and declaring in the case of persons by law allowed to affirm or declare instead of swearing; (62A) "Union territory" shall mean any Union territory specified in the First Schedule to the Constitution and shall include any other territory comprised within the territory of India but not specified in that Schedule;] (63) "vessel" shall include any ship or boat or any other description of vessel used in navigation; (64) "will" shall include a codicil and every writing making a voluntary posthumous disposition of property; (65) expressions referring to "writing" shall be construed as including references to printing, lithography, photography and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form; and (66) "year" shall mean a year reckoned according to the British calendar.] - - statute, statutory provisions legislation, law, enactment, Acts, Rules, Regu ..... 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