1. Short title.—This Act may be called the State of Arunachal Pradesh Act, 1986.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Administrator” means the Administrator appointed by the President under article 239;
(b) “appointed day1
” means the day which the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint;
(c) “article” means an article of the Constitution;
(d) “Election Commission” means the Election Commission appointed by the President under
article 324;
(e) “existing Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh” means the Union territory of Arunachal
Pradesh as existing immediately before the appointed day;
(f) “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 of Arunachal Pradesh;
(g) “sitting member”, in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of
the existing Union territory of Arunachal Pradesh, means a person who, immediately before the
appointed day, is a member of that House or that Assembly;
(h) “treasury” includes a sub-treasury.