In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires.-
(a) ‘Act’ means the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963 (Central Act 20 of 1963);
(b) ‘Assembly’ means the Pondicherry Legislative Assembly;
(c) ‘Bulletin’ means the Bulletin Part-II of the Assembly;
(d) ‘Committee’ means the Committee of Privileges of the Assembly;
(e) ‘Form’ means a form appended to these rules;
(f) ‘date of commencement’, in relation to these rules means the date on which these rules take effect under section 14A of the Act read with sub-paragraph
(2) of paragraph 8 of the Tenth Schedule;
(g) ‘House’ means the Assembly;
(h) ‘Leader’, in relation to a legislature party, means a member of the party chosen by it as its leader and includes any other member of the party authorised by the party to act, in the absence of the leader as, or discharge the functions of, the leader of the party for the purposes of these rules;
(i) ‘member’ means a member of the ‘Assembly;
(j) ‘Tenth Schedule’ means the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution of India;
(k) ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary to the Assembly and includes any person for the time being performing the duties of the Secretary.