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Section 2
The Jammu and Kashmir 1Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1962Jammu and Kashmir

Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) ‘compensatory allowance’ means any sum of money payable to the holder of an office by way of daily allowance (such allowance not exceeding the amount of daily allowance to which a member of 2[Legislative Assembly of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir] is entitled under the Salaries and Allowances of Members of Jammu and Kashmir State Legislature Act, 1960), any conveyance allowance, house rent allowance or travelling allowance for the purpose of enabling him to recoup any expenditure incurred by him in performing the functions of that office ;

(b) ‘statutory body’ means any Corporation, Committee, Commission, Council, Board or other body of persons, whether incorporated or not, established by or under any law for the time being in force ;

(c) ‘non-statutory body’ means any body of persons other than a statutory body.

1Superscript markers show text inserted or substituted by a later amendment. The Act carries the markers without the footnotes they refer to, so they are shown without a target.