(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Act” means the Goa (Regulation of Film Shooting) Act, 2021 (Goa Act 29 of 2021);
(b) “authority” means and includes any Government Department, public authority, body, institution, Village Panchayat, Municipal Council and Corporation of the City of Panaji;
(c) “authorized representative” means the person authorized by the producer to apply for permission for film shooting on his behalf and to do all the legal documentation on his behalf;
(d) “Form” means the form appended to these rules;
(e) “Line Producer” means producer who is resident of State of Goa for a period of 15 years and who is registered with the Entertainment Society of Goa, after successful completion of 15 days training of Line Production at Entertainment Society of Goa;
(f) “producer” means a person who oversees film production, either employed by a production company or working independently;
(g) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to these rules;
(h) “section” means the section of the Act.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules, but not defined, shall have the same meaning & as are respectively assigned to them in the Act.