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Article [articulus, Lat.], a complaint exhibited in the Ecclesiastical Court by way of libel. The different parts of a libel, responsive allegation, or counter allegation in the Ecclesiastical Courts. Means (as respects standardisation and marking) any substance, artificial or natural, or partly artificial or partly natural, whether raw or partly or wholly processed or manufactured. [Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986), s. 2 (a)] An article of the Constitution. [Representation of the People Act, 1950 (43 of 1950), s. 2 (a)] Any article of manufacture and any substance, artificial, or partly artificial and partly natural; and includes any part of an article capable of being made and sold separately. [Designs Act, 2000 (16 of 2000), s. 2 (a)] A machine is a tangible thing which can both be seen and felt and as such it answers the description of an 'article' within the meaning of s. 2(b) (iii) of the Act, Zaffar Mohd v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1976 SC 171 (172). [Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act, 1954, s. 2(b)(iii)] --means an article of this Constitution. [Constitution of India, Art. 366(3)] --means an article of the Constitution [Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 (1 of 1992), s. 2(b)

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