In these rules, unless the context requires otherwise,—
(a) ―Act‖ means the Maharashtra Legislature Members’ Salaries and Allowances Act. (Bom. XLIX of 1956) ;
(b) ―day‖ means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight;
(c) ―House‖ means the Assembly or, as the case may be, the Council;
(d) ―Member‖ means a Member of the Assembly or the Council, as the case may be, but does not include a Minister, Minister of State or Deputy Minister or the Chairman or Deputy Chairman or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker or a Leader of Opposition or a Salaried Parliamentary Secretary ;
(e) ―period of residence‖ means the period beginning on the commencement of a session of a House or meeting of a Committee and ending on the termination thereof, during which a member resides at the place where the session or meeting is held for attending the same; and includes the day immediately preceding the commencement of the session or the meeting and the day immediately succeeding the termination thereof;
(f) ―section‖ means a section of the Act.