AVOIDANCE OF DISCRIMINATION ACT - 1957 (NO. 38 OF 1957)

Section - 13 - Interpretations

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

"community" includes a body or group of persons, having a common ethnic or racial origin or because of their birth or upbringing in a Region, locality or place whether in the Republic or any other country, associated with the Republic;

"court" means a court of competent jurisdiction;

"election" with its grammatical variations includes an election and a referendum conducted pursuant to paragraph (c) of article 45 of the Constitution;

"organisation" includes a club, an institution, a political party, or any other association of persons by whatever name called, and where there is a local or affiliated branch or section of an organisation that local or affiliated branch or section shall be regarded as a separate and distinct organisation;

"symbol" includes slogan.