# 2 Definitions
1[2. Definitions.-- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a)"recognised group" means,--
(i) in relation to the Council of States, every party which has a strength of not less than fifteen members and not more than twenty-four members in the Council;
(ii) in relation to the House of the People, every party which has a strength of not less than thirty members and not more than fifty-four members in the House;
(b) "recognised party" means,--
(i) in relation to the Council of States, every party which has a strength of not less than twenty-five members in the Council;
(ii) in relation to the House of the People, every party which has a strength of not less than fifty-five members in the House.]
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1. Subs. by s.3,<i>ibid</i>., for section 2 (w.e.f. 7-6-2000).
