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2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say:-

“Civil Procedure Rules” means the Rules of Court, 1938 to (No. 4), 1938, as amended by any subsequent Rules;

“District Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the administrative District wherein the election petitioned against was held;

“election petition “means a petition in respect of an election to a Municipal Council;

“the Law” means the Municipal Corporations Law, as amended by any subsequent Law.