2. Interpretation.- In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) 'Act' means the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; (b) ‘Advisory Committee' means an Advisory Committee appointed under section 6 and includes an advisory sub-committee appointed under that section; (c) ‘Authority' means the authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 20. (d) 'Board' means the Advisory Board appointed under section 7; (e) 'Chairman' means the Chairman of the Advisory Board, the Committee or the Advisory Committee, as the case may be, appointed under section 9; (f) 'Committee' means a Committee appointed under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5 and includes a sub-committee appointed under that section; (ff) 'day' means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight; (g) 'form' means a form appended to these rules; (h) 'Inspector' means a person appointed as Inspector under section 19; (i) 'registered trade union' means a trade union registered under the Indian Trade Unions Act, 1926; (j) 'section' means a section of the Act; and (k) all other words and expressions used herein and not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them under the Act. |