In this Act-
(a) "parliamentary constituency" has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act, 1950(43 of 1950);
(b) "sitting member" means a person who immediately before the commencement of this Act is a member of the House of the People;
(c) "Union territory" means any of the Union territories of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.