(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS)" means a software/web portal used by the Police for data collection and execution of instructions;
(b) "Case Information System (CIS)" means a software/web portal used by the Court for the data collection and execution of instructions;
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(c) "Code" means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Central Act No. 2 of 1974);
(d) "Electronic Communication" means the communication of any written, verbal, pictorial information or video content, transmitted or transferred (whether from one person to another or from one device to another or from a person to a device or from a device to a person) by means of an electronic device including a telephone, mobile phone, or other wireless telecommunication device, or a computer, or audio-visual player or camera or any other electronic device or electronic form as may be specified by the High Court;
(e) "Electronic Signature" means authentication of any electronic record by a subscriber or court by means of the electronic technique specified in the Second Schedule of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and includes digital signature.
Also, when a process or report generated in electronic form is authenticated by means of electronic signature, it shall be deemed to be authenticated by signature of the person who affixed the electronic signature;
(f) "General Rules" means General Rules (Civil & Criminal), 2018;
(g) "High Court" means the Rajasthan High Court;
(h) “National Service and Tracking of Electronic Processes (NSTEP)” means an android OS App used for service and delivery of Court processes;
(i) "Process" includes summons, warrant or any other forms set forth in the Second Schedule of the Sanhita or of the Code, with such variations as the circumstances of each case require, issued for the respective purposes mentioned in the Sanhita;
(j) "Recognised Electronic Mail Address" means the e-mail account of a person or organization used to send and receive messages over Internet, which is shown to be admitted, used, or provided by such person or organization, either personally or on a website or portal;
(k) “Register” means the register mentioned in Form appended to these rules;
(l) "Sanhita" means the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act No. 46 of 2023);
(m) "Seal" means image of seal of the Court;
(n) "State" means the State of Rajasthan;
(o) "Summons" means any summon issued under Chapter VI of the Code or Sanhita; and
(p) "Warrant" means and includes bailable warrant and non-bailable warrant.
(2) Words and expressions used and not defined in these rules, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act No. 46 of 2023), the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Central Act No.
45 of 2023), and the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Central Act No. 21 of 2000).