In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires –
(a) "Act" means the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (No. II of 1899), as applicable to the State of Madhya Pradesh;
(b) "Authorised agent" means -
(i) a person holding a Power of Attorney authorising him to act on behalf of his Principal; or
(ii) an agent empowered by written authority under the hand of his Principal;
(c) "Collector" means the Collector as defined in the Act;
(d) "Deputy Inspector General of Registration" means Deputy Inspector General of Registration appointed by the State Government;
(e) "Electronic Registration System or ERS" means the computerised and web enabled system of registering documents electronically in the State, accessible to Licensed Service Providers, or Users authorised under these rules or by orders issued by the State Government or the Inspector General of Registration from time to time;
(f) "Electronic Signature" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (ta) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (No. 21 of 2000);
(g) "Electronic Stamping System or ESS" means the computerised and web enabled system of e-stamping of documents in the State, accessible to Licensed Service Providers, or Users authorised under these rules or by orders issued by the State Government or the Inspector General of Registration from time to time;
(h) "e-stamp or electronic stamp" means an electronically generated impression on paper to denote the payment of stamp duty or such other amount that would have otherwise been paid as an impressed or adhesive or Franked stamp, issued from the ESS;
(i) "e-stamp code" means the alpha numeric code issued to the user from the ESS after payment of Stamp Duty;
(j) "Forms" means Forms appended to these rules;
(k) "Inspector General of Registration" means Inspector General of Registration appointed under the provisions of Section 3 of the Registration Act, 1908 (No. 16 of 1908);
(l) "Licensing Authority" means the Collector of the district as defined in the Act;
(m) "Registering Officer" means District Registrar and Sub-Registrar appointed under the Registration Act, 1908 (No. 16 of 1908), which also include Senior District Registrar and Senior Sub-Registrar;
(n) "Revisional Authority" means Deputy Inspector General of Registration;
(o) "Schedule" means the Schedules appended to the Act prescribing the rates of stamp duty;
(p) "Section" means the section of the Act;
(q) "Service Provider" means a licensee under these rules, authorised to sell e-stamps and to provide other related services in the manner laid down by the Inspector General of Registration, through the ESS and the ERS;
(r) "Service Provider credit limit" means the amount deposited by a Service Provider in advance in Government account through the ESS to the extent that he shall be entitled to sell estamps and get discount thereon as notified by the State Government from time to time;
(s) "Slot booking" means booking of time slots of Registering Officers on a particular date through the ERS;
(t) "Stamp" means the stamp as defined under sub-section (26) of Section 2 of the Act;
(u) "Stamp Vendor" means a licensee authorised to sell stamps under these rules;
(v) "State" means the State of Madhya Pradesh;
(w) "Government" means the Government of Madhya Pradesh;
(x) "Superintendent of Stamps" means the Superintendent of Stamps, Madhya Pradesh, appointed by the State Government;
(y) The words and expressions used but not defined in these rules, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 (II of 1899) and the Registration Act, 1908 (No. 16 of 1908) as applicable to the State and the rules framed thereunder.