Act Info:
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
1[(a) "alien" means -
(i) a person who is 2[not a citizen of India], or
(ii) a person who, whether he is himself within the foregoing definition or not, represents an alien firm as defined in clause (aa) for the purpose of voting at an election of a member of any of the local authorities specified in the schedule or for the purpose of membership of any of the said authorities;
(aa) "alien firm" means any firm, company, association or body of individuals (whether incorporated or not), a majority of the members of which are aliens as defined in sub-clause (i) of clause (a), or the business of which is carried on under the control or mainly for the benefit of aliens as so defined;]
(b) 3[* * *]
(c) "member" includes a municipal councillor and a member of a body of trustees.
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1. These clauses were substituted for original clause (a) by s. 2 of the Bombay Disqualification to Aliens (Amendment) Act, 1920 (Bom. 4 of 1920).
2. These words were substituted for the words "neither a British subject nor a subject of the Indian State" by the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950.
3. Clause (b) was omitted by Bom. 4 of 1920. section 2.