(1) This Ordinance may be called the Readjustment of Representation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies (Third) Ordinance,
2013.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th day of January, 2013.
2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Census Commissioner” means the Census Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Census Act, 1948;
(b) “Commission” means the Election Commission referred to in article 324 of the Constitution;
(c) “Delimitation Act” means the Delimitation Act, 2002;
(d) “Delimitation Order” means the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Consituencies Order, 2008;
(e) “last census” means the census held in India in 2001;
(f) “Scheduled Castes Orders” means the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950, the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951, the Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) Scheduled Castes Order, 1962 and the Constitution (Puducherry) Scheduled Castes Order, 1964, made by the President under article 341 of the Constitution;
(g) “Scheduled Tribes Orders” means the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Union Territories) Order, 1951, the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) (Uttar Pradesh ) Order, 1967 and the Constitution (Sikkim) Scheduled Tribes Order, 1978, made by the President under article 342 of the Constitution;
(h) “State” includes a Union territory having a Legislative Assembly, but does not include the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Short title and commencement.
Definitions.
37 of 1948.
33 of 2002.
SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 3 Estimation of population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.