9. In this act and the Rules issued there under unless there is something repugnant to the subject or the context:
(a) State shall mean the Manipur State comprising the whole territory of Manipur as delineated in the maps of the Survey of India current at the date of this enactment.
(b) The Maharajah means His Highness the Maharajah of Manipur, the constitutional Head of the State.
(c) Chief Minister means the Office entrusted with the Chief Executive Function of the State.
(d) Minister means a member of the Council of Minister appointed under this Act by name or by virtue of his office to administer certain branches of the State Administration and to perform the duties and exercise the power imposed and conferred upon a Minister by this Act and Rules framed there under.
(e) Council means the State Council of Ministers constituted under this Act.
(f) Assembly means the State Assembly as constituted under this Act.
(g) Gazette means the Official journal of the State by means of which important orders, notices, communiqués, etc., are published.
(h) Speaker means the President of the Assembly and include the Deputy Speaker in the absence of the Speaker or in the absence of both, a member voted to the chair.
(i) Civil List means the appropriation of funds for the expenses of the Ruling Family and the Privy Purse of the Ruler.
(j) Privy Purse means such portion of the Civil List as is appropriated exclusively for the personal expenses of Maharajah.
(k) Revenue includes all receipts of the State from State assets, from all lands, Forest, Taxes, Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures, Escheats, Lapse and other sources.
(l) Rules means any Rule issued under this Act.
(m) Fundamental Rights shall mean those rights, which the State People shall enjoy as of right under this Act.
(n) The pronoun “he” and its derivatives are used of any person whether male or female.