Section 3Interpretation-clause

s. 3

3. Interpretation-clause In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,- "Church of England" and "Anglican" mean and apply to the Church of England as by law established; "Church of Scotland" means the Church of Scotland as by law established; "Church of Rome" and "Roman Catholic" mean and apply to the Church which regards the Pope of Rome as its spiritual head; "Church" includes any chapel or other building generally used for public Christian worship; "minor" means a person who has not completed the age of twenty-one years and who is not a widower or a widow; the expression "Christians" means persons professing the Christian religion; and the expression "Native Christians" includes the Christian descendants of [inhabitants of Indo-Bangla Pakistan] sub-continent converted to Christianity, as well as such converts; "Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages" means a Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages appointed under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1886.

1. 4. The words "inhabitants of Indo-Bangla Pakistan" were substituted, for the words "Natives of Indo-Pakistan" by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)