Interest on Delayed Payments to Small Scale and Ancillary Industrial Undertakings Act, 1993
2. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) "ancillary industrial undertaking" has the meaning
assigned to it by clause ( aa ) of section 3 of the
Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951);
(b) "appointed day" means the day following
immediately after the expiry of the period of thirty days from the day of
acceptance or the day of deemed acceptance of any goods or any services by a
buyer from a supplier.
Explanation : For the purposes of this clause,-
( i ) "the day of acceptance"
means,
(a) the day of actual delivery of goods or the
rendering of services; or
(b) where any objection is made in writing by
the buyer regarding acceptance of goods or services within thirty days from the
day of the delivery of goods or the rendering of services, the day on which
such objection is removed by the supplier;
(ii) "the day of deemed acceptance" means, where no
objection is made in writing by the buyer regarding acceptance of goods or
services within thirty days from the day of the delivery of goods or the
rendering of services, the day of the actual delivery of goods or the rendering
of services;
(c) "buyer" means whoever buys any
goods or receives any services from a supplier for consideration;
(d) "goods" means every kind of
movable property other than actionable claims and money;
(e) "small scale industrial
undertaking" has the meaning assigned to it by clause (j) of section 3 of
the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951);
(f) "supplier" means an ancillary
industrial undertaking or a small scale industrial undertaking holding a
permanent registration certificate issued by the Directorate of Industries of a
State or Union Territory.