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 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 meaning respectively assigned to them under the Act.
