In these rules unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
(a) "Act" means the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (XIV of 1947);
(b) "Chairman" means Chairman of a Board or Court or, if the Court consists of only one person, such person;
(c) "Committee" means a Works Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Act ;
(d) "Form" means a form set out in the Schedule to these rules;
(e) "Section" means a section of the Act;
(f) With reference to clause (g) of section 2, it is hereby prescribed that in relation to an industry carried on by or under the authority of a department of the State Government, the officer-in-charge of the industry establishment shall be “employer” in respect of that establishment;
(g) All words and expressions used in these rules but not defined therein and defined in the Act shall respectively have the same meanings as in the Act.
PART I Procedure for reference of industrial disputes to Board of Conciliation, Courts of Inquiry, Labour Courts or Industrial Tribunals