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36. Definitions .—In this Chapter—
(a) "appointed day" means the date[1] of coming into force of the amendments to this Act specified in Part II of the Fifth Schedule to the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1980 (44 of 1980);
(b) "High Court" means,—
(i) in relation to any State, the High Court for that State;
(ii) in relation to a Union Territory to which the jurisdiction of the High Court of a State has been extended by law, that High Court;
(iii) in relation to the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and[2] [Daman and Diu,] the High Court at Bombay;
(iv) in relation to any other Union Territory, the highest court of civil appeal for that territory other than the Supreme Court of India;
(c) "President" means the President of the Appellate Tribunal.]
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Source: India Code