(1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Provision for Disqualification of Members of Local Authorities for Defection Act, 1986.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "Councillor" means a councillor of a Municipal Corporation or, as the case may be, a municipality;
(b) "Member" means a member of a panchayat;
(c) "Municipal Corporation" means a municipal corporation constituted under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949;
(d) "municipal party" in relation to a councillor belonging to any political party in accordance with the Explanation to section 3 means,
(i) in the case of a councillor of a municipal corporation, the group consisting of all the councillors of the municipal corporation for the time being belonging to that political party in accordance with the said Explanation;
(ii) in the case of a councillor of a municipality the group consisting of all the councillors of the municipality for the time being belonging to that political party in accordance with the said Explanation;
(e) "Municipality" means a municipality constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963;
(f) "original political party" in relation to a councillor or a member means the political party to which he belongs for the purposes of sub-section (1) of section 3;
(g) "panchayat" means a district panchayat or, as the case may be, a taluka panchayat constituted under the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1961;
(h) "panchayat party" in relation to a member belonging to any political party in accordance with the Explanation to section 3 means the group consisting of all the members of the panchayat for the time being belonging to that political party in accordance with the said Explanation.