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a library or educational institution which receives grants from the Government or is exempted from the payment of tax under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961)

a child abandoned by his biological or adoptive parents or guardianship and who has been declared to be abandoned by the Committee after due inquiry: (2) “adoption” means the process by which an adopted child is permanently separated from his biological p

the expulsion of the contents of a pregnant uterus at any period before or during the twenty-sixth week of pregnancy, but does not include an abortion the causing of which is punishable under the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860); (11) “plantation” means a p

acquiring or agreeing to acquire, directly or indirectly, -

any profession or occupation

the Adjudicating Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 6

an adjudicating officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 46

a person who has completed his fifteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year

a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age

any audio or visual publicity, any representation, endorsement or announcement made by means of any light, sound, smoke, gas, print, electronic means, internet, website and includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper, invoice or any other such document

an advocate enrolled on a roll under the provisions of this Act

any arrangement, understanding or action, -

the law applicable to a person who, if this Act had not been passed, would have been governed by the Madras Aliyasantana Act, 1949 (Madras Act 9 of 1949), or by the customary Aliyasantana law in respect of the matters for which provision is made in this A

ammunition for any firearm and includes-

father and "ancestor" includes mother

elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, oxen, cattle, ponies, foals, heifers, mules, asses, pigs, rams, sheep, lambs, goats and lambs: (2) "forest officer" means any person who may be appointed by the State Government or any officer empowered by the

such authority appointed by the appropriate Government to perform such functions in such area as may be specified by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette

the Appellate Board established under section 83

the Competition Appellate Tribunal established under sub-section (1) of section 53A

a petition

the Central Government in respect of establishments under the control of the Central Government or [Railway Administration] or a major port or a mine or an oil field and the State Government in all other cases; (2) “benefit period” means such period of no

an interim award

a sole arbitrator or a panel of arbitrators

any arbitration whether conducted by a Permanent Arbitration Institution or not

any agreement specified in section 7

an adjudicator

any building or structure of artistic form or design or the use of any building or structure for the purpose of such use; or a model for a structure

the Navy, Army and Air Force and includes any other armed force of the Union

the armed forces of the Union or the security forces or the police forces as specified in the Schedule

articles of any description designed or adapted as weapons for attack or defence and includes firearms, sharp-edged and other lethal weapons and parts of arms and machinery for the manufacture thereof, but does not include articles designed merely for dom

any new article and “service” includes any new service

the factor in whose favour the receivable is transferred

the transfer by agreement of the undivided interest of an assignor in any receivable due from a debtor in favour of a factor and includes assignment where either the assignor or the debtor is situated or established outside India. Explanation.-For the pur

any person who is the owner of a receivable

the Assistant Director appointed under sub-section (1) of section 49

trade marks which are deemed to be registered as, or are required to be registered as, associate trade marks under this Act

a secure key pair system consisting of a private key for generating an electronic signature and a public key for verifying the electronic signature

an offence punishable under section 3

a motor vehicle to which a semi-trailer is attached; (3) “axle load”, in relation to an axle of a vehicle, means the total weight transmitted by the several wheels attached to that axle to the ground on which the vehicle rests; (4) “certificate of registr

the prohibition of transfer, conversion, disposal or movement of property by an order issued under Chapter 3; [(da) “authorised person” means an authorised person as defined in clause

a statement issued by a Certifying Authority specifying the methods that the Certifying Authority uses for issuing Electronic Signature Certificates

an insurer for the time being carrying on general insurance business in India under the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 (57 of 1972), and any Government Insurance Fund authorised to carry on general insurance business under that Act

the Director General, Insurance Commissioner, Joint Insurance Commissioner, Regional Director or such other officer as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorise

the Central Electricity Authority referred to in sub-section (1) of section 70; (7) “Board” means the State Electricity Board constituted, before the commencement of this Act, under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948 (54 of

any digital process capable of operating automatically in response to instructions given or otherwise for the purpose of processing data

the average of the wages payable to a worker -

the interim or final determination of an industrial dispute or any question connected therewith by an Industrial Tribunal referred to in section 44 or a National Industrial Tribunal referred to in section 46, and includes an arbitral award made under sect

release of a person accused of or suspected of commission of an offence from the custody of law upon certain conditions imposed by an officer or Court on execution by such person of a bond or a bail bond

an undertaking for release with surety

an offence which is shown as bailable in the First Schedule, or which is made bailable by any other law for the time being in force; and "non-bailable offence" means any other offence

temporarily prohibiting the transfer, conversion, disposal or movement of property by an order issued under section 58D

a banking company as defined in section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and includes the Export-Import Bank of India, Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India, Small Industries Development Bank of India established under section 3 of the Small Indust

the Bar Council constituted under this Act

the Bar Council constituted under section 4 for the territories to which this Act extends

the flesh of a cow but does not include meat in a sealed container and imported into Uttar Pradesh

a Bench of the Appellate Tribunal; [(fa) “beneficial owner” means an individual who ultimately owns or controls any client of a reporting entity or a person on whose behalf a transaction is being conducted and includes a person who exercises ultimate effe

the basis of any decision taken in respect of the child to ensure that his basic rights and needs, identity, social well-being and physical, emotional and intellectual development are fulfilled; (10) “Board” means the Juvenile Justice Board constituted un

bills of lading and cheques

the Data Protection Board of India established by the Central Government under section 18

a personal bond or an undertaking for release without surety

any trade, business, industry, profession or occupation relating to the production, supply, distribution, storage or control of goods and includes the provision of any services

any enterprise or medium enterprise, micro enterprise or small enterprise as defined in clauses

the year commencing on the first day of January

any animal (not being a domestic animal) which is held in captivity or confinement, whether permanently or temporarily, or which is kept confined or tethered or which is maimed or appears to be maimed, by the use of any appliance or device for the purpose

the Central Consumer Protection Authority under section 10; (5) "complainant" means—

the Central Information Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 12

the Central Public Information Officer designated under sub-section (1) and includes a Central Assistant Public Information Officer so designated under sub-section (2) of section 5

the uses referred to in section 7

a certificate issued by an authorised insurer in pursuance of sub-section (3) of section 147 and includes a cover note complying with such requirements as may be prescribed, and where more than one certificate or a copy of a certificate has been issued in

a mark capable of distinguishing goods or services certified by the proprietor of the mark as to the origin, materials, mode of manufacture or performance of services, quality, purity or other characteristics of the goods in respect of which it is used in

a person who is licensed to issue Electronic Signature Certificates under section 24

an officer appointed, by notification, by the appropriate Government to perform the functions of a Certifying Officer under the provisions of Chapter IV

the Chairperson of the Commission appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8

the Chairperson of the Board

any head of charge when the charge contains more heads than one

an individual who has not completed the age of eighteen years

any behaviour, conduct, method, procedure, attitude, environment or behaviour which is humane, considerate and in the best interest of the child. (16) “child legally free for adoption” means a child declared as such by the Committee after due inquiry unde

a marriage where either of the parties to the marriage is a child

a Child Marriage Prohibition Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 16

a company managing, conducting or supervising chits as foreman, agent or in any other capacity as defined in section 2 of the Chit Funds Act, 1982 (40 of 1982); [(ha) “client” means a person who is engaged in a financial transaction or activity with a rep

a work of visual representation and includes any sound recording accompanied by such visual representation and “cinema film” shall be construed to include a work produced by a process akin to cinematography, including video film

an establishment, whether permanent or mobile, where animals are kept or used wholly or mainly for the purpose of performing stunts or acrobatics;] (9) “Collector” means the officer in charge of the revenue administration of a district or any other office

the permanent closure of any place of employment or any part thereof

the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020.

an offence for which, and "cognizable case" means a case in which, a police officer may, in accordance with the First Schedule or under any other law for the time being in force, arrest without warrant

a trade mark which distinguishes the goods or services of the members of an association of persons (not being a partnership within the meaning of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932)) who are the proprietors of the mark from those of others

the Competition Commission of India established under sub-section (1) of section 7

any house, walled enclosure, room or place in which dice, boards or other instruments of gambling are kept or used for the profit or gain of the person who is the owner, occupant, user or manager of such house, enclosure, room or place, whether by way of

making a work or performance available for display or amplification other than the making available of hard copies thereof, through any medium or directly to the general public, whether simultaneously or at individually selected places and times, to be vi

a cell phone, personal digital aid or a combination of both or any other device used for communicating, sending or transmitting any text, video, audio or image

customary common forest land within the traditional or customary boundaries of a village or seasonal use of the landscape in the case of pastoral communities, including land in reserved forests, protected forests and protected areas such as sanctuaries an

an officer authorised under section 58D

any allegation made orally or in writing to a Magistrate, with a view to his taking action under this Sanhita, that some person, whether known or unknown, has committed an offence, but does not include a police report. Explanation.—A report made by a poli

one year of continuous service; [(c) “continuous service” means continuous service as defined in section 2A

any electronic or similar device having information processing capabilities

a set of instructions expressed in words, codes, schemes or in any other form and includes any machine-readable medium capable of causing a computer to perform a particular operation or to achieve a particular result

computer, computer system, computer network, data, computer data storage or software

a device or collection of devices, including input and output peripheral devices and excluding calculators which are not programmable and cannot be used in conjunction with external files, loaded with computer programmes, electronic instructions, input da

concealing or altering the nature, source, disposition, movement or ownership of property and includes movement or conversion of such property by electronic transmission or by any other means

a Conciliation Officer appointed under section 43