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The Constitution of India in English 2026: page 256

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225                     THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
                             (Part XIX.—MISCELLANEOUS)

              (16) “Part” means a Part of this Constitution;
              (17) “pension” means a pension, whether contributory or not, of
       any kind whatsoever payable to or in respect of any person, and includes
       retired pay so payable; a gratuity so payable and any sum or sums so
       payable by way of the return, with or without interest thereon or any
       other addition thereto, of subscriptions to a provident fund;
             (18) “Proclamation of Emergency” means a Proclamation issued
       under clause (1) of article 352;
              (19) “public notification” means a notification in the Gazette of
       India, or, as the case may be, the Official Gazette of a State;
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              (20) “railway” does not include—       od
                  (a) a tramway wholly within a municipal area; or
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                  (b) any other line of communication wholly situate in one State
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               and declared by Parliament by law not to be a railway;
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               [(21)*
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              [(22) “Ruler” means the Prince, Chief or other person who, at any
       time before the commencement of the Constitution (Twenty-sixth
       Amendment) Act, 1971, was recognised by the President as the Ruler of
       an Indian State or any person who, at any time before such
       commencement, was recognised by the President as the successor of
       such Ruler;]
              (23) “Schedule” means a Schedule to this Constitution;
               (24) “Scheduled Castes” means such castes, races or tribes or
       parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under
       article 341 to be Scheduled Castes for the purposes of this Constitution;
             (25) “Scheduled Tribes” means such tribes or tribal communities
       or parts of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are
       deemed under article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes for the purposes of this
       Constitution;

1. Cl. (21) omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 29 and Sch.
   (w.e.f. 1-11-1956).
2. Subs. by the Constitution (Twenty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1971, s. 4 (w.e.f. 28-12-1971).

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