Legal glossary
“law”
Defined in 3 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Pondicherry (Administration) Act, 1962 · s. 2
(e) "law" means any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order, bye-law, decree or other provision (by whatever name called) having the force of law;
Read section 2The Scheduled Areas (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1953 · s. 2
(b) "law" means so much of any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order or bye-law as relates to any of the matters enumerated in Lists I and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution.
Read section 2The West Godavari District (Assimilation of Laws on Federal Subjects) Act, 1949 · s. 2
(c) "law" means any Act, Ordinance, Regulation, rule, order or bye-law, relating to any of the matters enumerated in List I in the Seventh Schedule to the Government of India Act, 1935 (25 and 26 Geo. 5, c. 2); and
Read section 2