law: Scheduled Castes and The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
  2. Definitions
  (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
  (a) "atrocity" means an offence
  
  punishable under section 3;
  (b) "Code" means the Code of
  
  Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);
  (c) "Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
  
  Tribes" shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively under clause
  
  (24) and clause (25) of article 366 of the Constitution;
  (d) "Special Court" means a Court of
  
  Session specified as a Special Court in section 14;
  (e) "Special public Prosecutor"
  
  means a Public Prosecutor specified as a Special Public Prosecutor or an
  
  advocate referred to in section 15;
  (f) words and expressions used but not defined
  
  in this Act and defined in the Code or the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) shall
  
  have the meanings assigned to them respectively in the Code, or as the case may
  
  be, in the Indian Penal Code.
  (2) Any reference in this Act to any enactment or any provision
  
  thereof shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision
  
  is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any,
  
  in force in that area.