In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(1) "Act" means the employment Exchanges (Compulsory Notification of Vacancies) Act, 1959 (31 of 1959);
(2) "Central Employment Exchange" means any Employment Exchange established by the Government of India , Ministry of Labour and Employment;
(3) "Director" means the officer - in- charge of the Directorate administering Employment Exchanges in a State or a Union territory;
(4) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;
(5) "Local Employment Exchange" means-
(a) in the whole of India except the Union territory of Chandigarh that Employment Exchange (other than the Central Employment Exchange) notified in the Official Gazette by the State Government or the Administration of the Union territory as having jurisdiction over the area in which the establishments concerned are situated or over specified classes or categories of establishments or vacancies; and
(b) in the Union territory of Chandigarh that Employment Exchange established either by the Union Territory Administration of Chandigarh or by the State Government of Punjab or Haryana notified in that State's respective Official Gazette as having jurisdiction over specified classes or categories of establishments or vacancies, provided that the employment exchanges established by the State Government of Punjab or Haryana shall not have jurisdiction over-
(i) the public sector offices/ establishments other than those belonging to the respective States; and
(ii) private sector establishment
(6) "Section" means a section of the Act .
