1. Short title.—This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987.
2. Definition.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Administrator” means the administrator appointed by the President under article 239;
(b) “appointed day”
1 means the day which the Central Government may, by notification, appoint;
(c) “article” means an article of the Constitution;
(d) “assembly constituency” and “parliamentary constituency” have the same meanings as in the
Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950);
(e) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission appointed by the President under
article 324;
(f) “existing Union territory” means the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu as existing
immediately before the appointed day;
(g) “law” includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, bye-law, rule, scheme,
notification or other instrument having immediately before the appointed day, the force of law in the
whole or any part of the existing Union territory;
(h) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(i) “population ratio”, in relation to the State of Goa and the Union, means the ratio of 42: 3.25;
(j) “sitting member”, in relation to the House of the People or of the Legislative Assembly of the
existing Union territory means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of
that House or that Assembly;
(k) “treasury” includes a sub-treasury.