In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, --
(a) "appointed day" means the 1st day of October, 1968;
(b) "assembly constituency," "council constituency" and "parliamentary constituency" have the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950;
(c) "sitting member", in relation to either House of Parliament or of the Legislature of a State means a person who, immediately before the appointed day, is a member of that House;
(d) "transferred territory" means the territory specified in the Schedule and transferred from the State of Mysore to the State of Andhra Pradesh by section 3.