Section 2: Definitions.

The Reciprocity Act, 1943Central Act · Act 9 of 1943

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context--

[(a) "British Possession" means any part of His Majesty's dominions *** and includes a protectorate or other territory administered by a British Possession as a mandatory on behalf of the League of Nations; and where parts of those dominions are under both a central and a local legislature, the expression shall mean either each part under a local legislature or all parts under the central legislature;]

(b) "entry" includes landing at any port in [India] during the stay in [India] of a ship or aircraft on its way to a destination outside [India] :

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Act	The Reciprocity Act, 1943
Section	2
Marginal note	Definitions.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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substituted. . Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for the original cl. (a).
omitted. . The words "exclusive of India" omitted by the A.O. 1950.
substituted, Act 3 of 1951. . Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch., for "the States".
inserted. . Cl. (c) ins. by the A.O. 1950, omitted by s. 3 and the Sch. ibid.

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