In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Board” means the Kerala Cashew Workers Relief and Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 7;
(b) “contribution” means the contribution payable by an employer or employee 1[or the Government] under the scheme;
(c) “cashew factory” means a factory wherein processing of cashewnuts is being carried on and which is registered and license under the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948);
(d) “employer” means any person who employs, whether directly or through another person or whether on behalf of himself or any other person, one or more employee or employees and includes any person who has a licence for the construction of extension of a cashew factory under the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948) and the rules made thereunder;
(e) “employee” means any person who is employed in any cashew factory for wages for processing cashewnuts and who gets his wages directly or indirectly from the employer and includes—
(i) any person employed by or through a contractor or through an agent in or in * Received the assent of President on the 30th day of July, 1984 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 742 dated 22-08-1984.
1 Substituted by Act 2 of 1988 (w.e.f 28-01-1988).
3 connection with the processing of cashewnuts; and
(ii) clerical and other staff employed in connection with the processing of cashewnuts;
(f) “Fund” means the Kerala Cashew Workers Relief and Welfare Fund established under the scheme;
(g) “member” means any employee who contributes to the Fund;
(h) “processing”, with reference to cashewnuts, means loading, unloading, transporting, stacking, unstacking, soaking, roasting, shelling, frying, peeling, grading, filling, packing or otherwise treating or adapting cashewnuts, with a view to their use, delivery, sale or other disposal, and includes work connected with the maintenance of processed cashewnuts;
(i) “scheme” means the scheme framed under this Act;
(j) “State” means the State of Kerala;
(k) “wages” means all remuneration paid or payable to an employee for work done or services rendered by him and includes leave and holiday wages paid or payable to him under any law or agreement for the time being in force, but does not include overtime allowance, bonus and commission.