2. In this Act,-
(a) 'Assembly' means the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly;
(b) 'Chairman' means the Chairman of the Council;
(c) 'Council' means the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council:
(d) 'Deputy Chairman' means the Deputy Chairman of the Council;
(e) 'Deputy Speaker' means the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly;
(f) 'duration of membership', in relation to a member means the period-
(i) beginning with the date of publication, in the official Gazette, of the notification of his election or nomination, as the case may be, or the date he makes or subscribes the oath or affirmation in accordance with Article 188 of the Constitution of India, whichever is earlier; and
(ii) ending with the date when he ceases to be such a member due to death, resignation or otherwise;
(g) 'incidental charge' means
(i) in the case of a journey performed by rail, an amount equal to the railway fare for such journey in [air-conditioned twotier] for one person;
(ii) in any other case, the amount payable as such at the rate to be prescribed;
(h) 'Leader of Opposition' means the member of the Assembly or the Council who is, for the time being, recognised as such by the Speaker or the Chairman, as the case may be ;
(i) 'member' means a member of the Assembly or the Council, who does not hold the office of a Minister, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Chairman, Deputy Chairman or Parliamentary Secretary;
[(ii) member of family in relation to a member of Assembly or Council, whether or not he holds any office referred to in clause (i), means his or her spouse, son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister, residing with and wholly dependent on such member]
(j) 'Minister' includes the Chief Minister, a Minister for State or a Deputy Minister;
(k) 'place of residence' in relation to a member means the place of which the member is, according to the entry in the electoral roll of an Assembly Constituency, ordinarily resident, and in case the member changes such place, the place within Uttar Pradesh notified as such on request of the member, by the Secretary ;
Provided that no such notification shall be issued before the expiry of the period of six months after the election or after the issue of the earlier notification issued under this clause, as the case may be ;
(l) 'Railway coupons' means free non-transferable rail travel money value coupons issued under the authority of the Railway Board for the purposes of this Act;
(m) [Principal Secretary], in relation to members of the Assembly, means the [Principal Secretary] of the Assembly, and in relation to the members of the Council, means the Secretary of the Council;
(n) 'Speaker' means the Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly;
(o) 'year' means the period of twelve months commencing on the first day of June, and ending on the thirty-first day of May next following.