"Adjudicating
Officer" means the Adjudicating Officer appointed under section
8;
"candidate"
means a person who is nominated in accordance with any regulations
made under this Act as a candidate for an election;
"Chief
Registrar ", "Deputy Chief Registrar", " Registrar",
"Deputy Registrar " and "Assistant Registrar"
mean respectively the Chief Registrar of Electors, Deputy Chief Registrar
of Electors, Registrar of Electors, Deputy Registrar of Electors and
Assistant Registrar of Electors appointed under section 8;
"constituency"
means a Parliamentary constituency or a State constituency, as the
case may be;
"Constitution"
means the Federal Constitution;
"election"
means a Parliamentary election or a State election, as the case may
be;
"election
officer" means an officer appointed under section 3 or 8 or any
officer appointed for the purpose of conducting or assisting. in the
conduct of any election, or registering or assisting in the registration
of electors, underany regulations made under this Act;
"elector"
means a citizen who is entitled to vote in an election by virtue of
Article 119 of the Constitution;
"electoral
roll" means an electoral roll prepared under section 9;
"member"
means a member of the Dewan Rakyat or of a Legislative Assembly, as
the case may be;
"Parliamentary
constituency" means a constituency delimited in accordance with
Article 116 of the Constitution;
"Parliamentary
election" means an election of a member to the Dewan Rakyat;
"Parliamentary
elector" means an elector who is entitled to vote in a Parliamentary
election;
"polling
district" means a part of a constituency as divided under section
7;
"polling
station" means any room, structure, vehicle or vessel, at the
place appointed under section 7, set apart and equipped for the purpose
of polling and counting of votes;
"prescribed"
means prescribed by or under this Act;
"registration"
area means the whole area constituting a Parlimentary constituency
;
"returning
officer" mean an officer appointed under section 3 and includes
an assistant returning officer;
"Secretary"
means the Secretary to the Election Commission appointed under section
3;
"State
constituency" means a constituency delimited in accordance with
Article 117 of the Constitution;
"State
election" means an election of a member to a Legislative Assembly;
"State
elector" means an elector who is entitled to vote in a State
election.
