Maternity Benefit Act,1961
2. Definitions
In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) the "Act" means the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
(53 of 1961);
(aa) "circus" means an establishment wherein persons
are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other
performances;
1 [(b) "competent authority" means the Chief Labor
Commissioner (Central);]
(c) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;
(d) "muster-roll" means a muster-roll maintained under
rule 3;
(e) "Registered Medical Practitioner" means a medical
practitioner whose name has been enrolled in a register maintained under any
law for the time being in force regulating the registration of practitioners of
medicine;
(f) "section" means a section of the Act;
(g) All other words and expressions used hereinafter but not
defined herein shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in
the Act.