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CEYLON GOVT. GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY
MAY 17, 1946
3.-(1) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires-
adjourn with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means terminate a sitting of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be ;
"British subject means any person who is a British subject according to the law for the time being of the United Kingdom, any person who has been naturalised under any enactment of any of His Majesty's dominions, and any person who is a citizen or subject of any of the Indian States as defined for the purposes of the Government of India Act, 1935;
dissolve " with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means terminate the continuance of a Parliament;
elector means a person entitled to vote at an election of a Member;
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"the existing Orders in Council" means the Orders in Council set out in the First Schedule to this Order;
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general election " means the first general election of Members after the date on which this Part of this Order comes into oper- ation or a general election of Members after a dissolution;
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Governor means the Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island and includes the Officer for the time being Adminis- tering the Government and, to the extent to which a Deputy for the Governor is authorised to act, that Deputy ;
"Island" means the Island of Ceylon and the dependencies thereof;
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judicial office means any paid judicial office;
Legislative Council" means the Legislative Council which was constituted by the Ceylon (Legislative Council) Order in Council, 1923 ;
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Member or Member of Parliament
the House of Representatives ;
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means a Member of
Parliament" means the Parliament of the Island;
President" means the President, for the time being, of the Senate and includes the Deputy President or other Senator who may for the time being be acting as President;
"Proclamation " means a Proclamation by the Governor pub- lished in the Government Gazette;
66 prorogue with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means bring a session of Parliament to an end;
"public office" means any office the holder of which is a public officer;
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public officer"
means any person who holds a paid office, other than a judicial office, as a servant of the Crown in respect of the Government of the Island, but does not include-
(a) the Governor or any member of the Governor's office or
of his personal staff,
(b) the President, the Speaker, or an officer of the Senate or
the House of Representatives,
(c) the Clerk to the Senate, the Clerk to the House of Representatives or a member of the staff of the Clerk to the Senate or the Clerk to the House of Represen- tatives,
(d) a Minister or Parliamentary Secretary,
Interpretation.