(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) "Act" means the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(b) "declared office" means an office declared by the President to be an office to which the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 20 apply;
2[(bb) “Electronic Gazette” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (s) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000);]
3[(c) "Form" means a Form appended to these Rules and in respect of any constituency, includes a translation thereof in the language or any of the languages in which the electoral roll for that constituency is prepared;]
2[(cc) “overseas elector” means a citizen of India referred to in section 20A and who is not less than eighteen years of age on the qualifying date;]
(d) "registration officer" means the electoral registration officer of a constituency and includes an assistant electoral registration officer thereof;
(e) "roll" means the electoral roll for a constituency;
(f) "section" means a section of the Act;
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(2) The General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall apply for the interpretation of these Rules as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
PART II Electoral rolls for Assembly Constituencies