In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) the "Act" means the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961);
(b) "Competent Authority" means in relation to establishments other than mines, the Chief Inspector appointed under sub-section (2) of Section 8 of the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948) and includes a Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories;
(c) "Establishment" wherever used in these Rules will refer to an establishment other than a mine to which the Act applies or has been applied;
(d) "Form" means a Form appended to these Rules;
(e) "Muster Roll" means a muster roll maintained under Rule 3;
(f) "Registered Medical Practitioner" means a medical practitioner whose name has been enrolled in a register maintained under any law for the time being in force regulating the registration of practitioners of medicines;
(g) "Section" means a section of the Act;
(h) All other words and expressions used hereinafter and not defined in these rules but defined in the Act shall have same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Act.