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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