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- ScheduleStatutory definition
a Schedule to this Act
- scheduled animalStatutory definition
any animal for the time being specified in Schedule I or in Part II of Schedule II
- scheduled animal articleStatutory definition
any article made from a scheduled animal and includes any article or substance in which the whole or any part of such animal has been used but does not include peacock tail feather, article or trophy made thereof and snake venom or derivative thereof
- Scheduled AreasStatutory definition
the Scheduled Areas specified in clause (1) of article 244 of the Constitution
- schemeStatutory definition
any scheme framed from time to time by the Central Government under section 73B for medical facilities in respect of other beneficiaries
- sculptureStatutory definition
casts and models.
- SectionStatutory definition
a section of the Code.
- secure systemStatutory definition
computer hardware, software and procedures that-
- security procedureStatutory definition
the security procedure prescribed by the Central Government under section 16
- serviceStatutory definition
any description of service which is made available to potential users and includes the provision of services in connection with any industrial or commercial matter, such as banking, communication, education, financing, insurance, chit funds, real estate
- ServiceStatutory definition
any kind of service which is made available to its potential users and includes, but is not limited to, banking, financing, insurance, transport, processing, supply of electricity or other energy, telecommunication, food or accommodation or both, house bu
- settlementStatutory definition
any settlement arrived at in the course of conciliation proceedings and includes any written agreement arrived at between an employer and a worker otherwise than in the course of conciliation proceedings where such agreement is signed by the parties there
- sexual harassmentStatutory definition
any one or more of the following undesirable acts or behaviour, whether directly or by implication, namely:- :-
- shareStatutory definition
shares in the share capital of a company with voting rights and includes-
- shared householdStatutory definition
a household where the person charged with the offence lives, or has at any time lived, in a domestic relationship with the child
- Significant Data FiduciaryStatutory definition
any Data Fiduciary or class of Data Fiduciaries as may be notified by the Central Government under section 10
- slaughterStatutory definition
killing in any manner and includes maiming and causing bodily injury which would in normal course cause death
- sound recordingStatutory definition
sound recording that causes sounds to be produced, regardless of the medium by which such recording is produced or the method by which the sounds are produced; 3(aa) “visual representation” means the recording, by any method, of moving images or their rep
- Special CourtStatutory definition
a Court designated as such under section 28
- Special Juvenile Police UnitStatutory definition
a unit of the police force of a district or city, as the case may be, relating to children and any other police unit designated as such to handle children under section 107, such as Railway Police: (56) “Special Home” means an institution established by a
- Special Public ProsecutorStatutory definition
a prosecutor appointed under section 32. (2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (45 of 1860), the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children
- specifiedStatutory definition
specified by regulations made by the Appropriate Commission or Authority, as the case may be, under this Act; (63) “single base system” means an electricity system established for generation and distribution of electricity in a specified area without conn
- specified purposeStatutory definition
the purpose mentioned in the notice given by the Data Fiduciary to the Data Principal in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder
- standing ordersStatutory definition
orders relating to matters specified in the First Schedule
- StateStatutory definition
the State as defined under article 12 of the Constitution.
- State Bank of IndiaStatutory definition
the State Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955)
- State Bar CouncilStatutory definition
a Bar Council constituted under section 3
- State CommissionStatutory definition
the State Human Rights Commission constituted under section 21. (2) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir shall, in relation to that State, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any
- State GovernmentStatutory definition
the Government of Uttar Pradesh
- State Information CommissionStatutory definition
the State Information Commission constituted under sub-section (1) of section 15
- State Load Despatch CentreStatutory definition
the center established under sub-section (1) of section 31; (67) “State Transmission Utility” means the Board or Government company specified as such by the State Government under sub-section (1) of section 39; (68) “way” means any way, street, lane, squa
- State Public Information OfficerStatutory definition
the State Public Information Officer designated under sub-section (1) and includes the State Assistant Public Information Officer designated as such under sub-section (2) of section 5
- State RollStatutory definition
the roll of advocates prepared and maintained by a State Bar Council under section 17. (2) Any reference in this Act to any law which is not in force in the State of Jammu and Kashmir or the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu shall, in relation to that
- statutory authorityStatutory definition
any authority, board, corporation, council, institution, university or any other body corporate established by or under a Central, State or Provincial Act for the purposes of regulating the production or supply of goods or the provision of any services or
- Steering CommitteeStatutory definition
the Committee constituted under section 38U
- StreetStatutory definition
any road, street, lane, square, courtyard, alley, path or open space, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public has access.
- strikeStatutory definition
the collective cessation of work by any body of persons employed in any industry or the collective refusal or common refusal of some persons who are, or have been, so employed to continue working or to accept employment and includes the collective going o
- sub-divisionStatutory definition
a sub-division of a district
- summons-caseStatutory definition
a case relating to an offence, and not being a warrant-case
- systemStatutory definition
any system in relation to any business carried on by any person or any enterprise
