In this Act: unless the context otherwise requires,- ( a) "Alknowledgement Certificate" means the Acknowledgement Certificate issued under sub-section (3) of section 5;
(b) "Appellate Authority" means the Appellate Authority constituted under sub-section
(1) of section 12;
(c) "approval" means licenses, permissions, approvals, clearances, registration, consents, no objechon certificate and the like, required under any State law in connection with the establishment or operation of micro small and medium enterprise in the State; · ( d) "~mpeteni Authority" means any department or agency of the Government, statutory body, O:orporation owned by State, Local Self Government Institutions, Urban Development AutHorities, or any other Authority or Agency constituted or established by or under any State law or uhder the administrative control of the Government, which is entrusted with the II .
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( e) "District Board" means the District Board constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Industrial Single Window Clearance Boards and Industrial Township Area Development Act, 1999 (5of2000); '
(f) "enterprise;; riieans micro small or medium enterprises;
(g) "Government" means the Government of Kerala;
(h) "micro, small or medium enterprises" means the micro, small or medium enterprises, as defined in the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act,2006 (Central Act 27 of 2006)
(i) "nodali.~gen~y;' 111~ans nodal agency referred to in section 3;
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(j) "notification" means a notification published in th.e Official Gazette of the Government of Kerala.
(k) "prescribed" ~eans prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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(1) "State" means the State of Kerala;
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(m) "State Board" means the State Board constituted under section 3 of the Kerala Industrial Single Window Clearance Boards and Industrial Township Area Development Act, 1999 (5 of2000).