Government of India Act 1935

13 (1) In this Schedule, except where the context otherwise requires—

• " territorial constituency " means one of the territorial constituencies mentioned in paragraphs five and eight of the Fifth Schedule to this Act;

• " European, " " Anglo-Indian, " " Indian Christian " and " scheduled castes " have the same meanings respectively as they have in Part I of the First Schedule to this Act;

• " Indian Christian constituency " does not include any constituency which may be formed for choosing persons to fill the Indian Christian seat in Bihar;

• " person " does not include a body of persons;

• " prescribed, " except in the phrase " the prescribed date, " has the same meaning as in the Fifth Schedule to this Act;

• " previous financial year, " " previous Bengali year " and " previous fasli year " mean, respectively, the financial year, the Bengali year, and the fasli year immediately preceding that in which the prescribed date falls;

• " house " and " building " include, respectively, a part of a house or building separately occupied as a dwelling or for the purposes of any trade, business, or profession;

• " literate " means, in relation to any person, able to read and write in some language or dialect selected by him, being a language or dialect in common use in some part of India;

• " cantonment " means a cantonment for the purposes of the Cantonments Act, 1924, and " cantonment record " means a record prepared under that Act.

(2) Any reference in this Schedule to " urban constituencies " or " rural constituencies " shall be construed as a reference to such territorial constituencies as may be classified as urban or rural constituencies, respectively, by an Order in Council delimiting territorial constituencies :

Provided that any such Order in Council may direct that any Anglo-Indian constituency, European constituency, or Indian Christian constituency shall be deemed to be an urban constituency for some purposes and a rural constituency for other purposes.

(3) Any reference in this Schedule to persons assessed to income tax in any financial year shall be deemed to include a reference to any partner in a firm assessed to income tax in that year if his share of the firm's income on which income tax was so assessed is certified in the prescribed manner to have been not less than the minimum on which the tax is leviable.

(4) If any question arises under this Schedule whether any person is or is not a Sikh, he shall be deemed to be a Sikh if and only if he makes in the prescribed manner a declaration in the prescribed form that he is a Sikh.

(5) Any reference in this Schedule to a retired, pensioned or discharged officer, non-commissioned officer or soldier of any force shall be deemed not to include a reference to any person who has been dismissed or discharged from that force for disciplinary reasons.

(6) Any reference in this Schedule to all or any of the provisions of any Indian Act shall be construed as a reference to those provisions as amended by or under any other Act or, if those provisions are repealed and re-enacted with or without modification, to the provisions so re-enacted.

(7) If the boundaries of any district or other administrative area mentioned in this Schedule are altered, any reference in this Schedule to that district or area shall thereafter be taken as a reference to the district or area as altered.