In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Act" means the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (28 of 1961);
(b) "Advisory Board" means a Board constituted under sub-section (4) of section 8B of the Act;
(c) "Chief Dowry Prohibition Officer" means an officer of the State Government entrusted with the duties and responsibilities under these rules;
(d) "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);
(e) "Dowry Prohibition Officer" means a person appointed by the State Government under subsection (1) of section 8B of the Act;
(f) "Police Officer" means an officer in the State Police Department;
(g) "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 (Act 20 of 1958);
(h) "Recognised Welfare Institution or Organisation" means an institution or organization recognised as such under sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 7 of the Act;
(i) "State Government" means Government of Maharashtra;
(j) Words and expressions used in these rules, but not defined, shall have the meanings, respectively assigned to them in the Act.