In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) "Act" means the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (Central Act 28 of 1961);
(b) "Advisory Board" means a Board constituted in accordance with subsection (4) of Section 8B of the Act to advise and assist Dowry Prohibition Officers;
(c) "Chief Dowry Prohibition Officer" means an officer of the State Government entrusted with the duties and responsibilities under these rules;
(d) "Dowry Prohibition Officer" means an Officer appointed as such by the State Government under Section 8B of the Act;
(e) "Probation Officer" means a District Probation Officer or Additional District Probation Officer or City Probation Officer appointed as such under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (Central Act 20 of 1958);
(f) "Police officer" means an Officer in the State Police Department;
(g) "Recognised Welfare Institution or organization" means an Institution or Organisation recognized as such under sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Act;
(h) "District Magistrate" and "Complaints" shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them and defined under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);
(i) The words and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.