In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) “Act” means the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 (Central Act 28 of 1961);
(b) “Advisory Board” means a Board constituted in accordance with sub section (4) of section 8-B of the Act to advise and assist the Dowry Prohibition Officers;
(c) “Chief Dowry Prohibition Officer” means an Officer of the Department of Women and Child Development, Government of Puducherry who is entrusted with the duties and responsibilities under these rules;
(d) “Criminal Procedure Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974);
(e) “Department” means, the Department of Women and Child Development, Puducherry;
(f) “Dowry Prohibition Officer” means the Officers appointed as such by the Union Territory Government under section 8-B of the Act;
(g) “Form” means a form appended to these rules;
(h) “Police Officer” means an Officer in the Union Territory Police Department;
The Puducherry Dowry Prohibition Rules, 1998 has been published in the Extraordinay Gazette Part-II No. 31 dated 29th December 1998.
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(i) “Probation Officer” means a District Probation Officer or Additional District Probation Officer or City Prohibition Officer appointed as such under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (Central Act 20 of 1958);
(j) “Recognised Welfare Institution or Organisation” means an Institution or Organisation recognized as such under sub-clause (ii) of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Act;
(k) “Section” means the section of the Act;
(I) “Union Territory Government” means the Government of Puducherry;
(m) The words and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.