(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Act” means the Himachal Pradesh Lokayukta Act, 2014 (Act No. 23 of 2015);
(b) “complainant” means a person who makes a complaint under the Act;
(c) “Form” means a form appended to these rules;
(d) “Officer” means a person appointed to, or borne on the Gazetted Cadre/Service of the Lokayukta; and
(e) “section” means section of the Act;
(2) All other words and expressions used in these rules and not defined, but defined in the Himachal Pradesh Lokayukta Act, 2014, the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 or the Himachal Pradesh Prevention of Specific Corrupt Practics Act, 1983 shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts.