(1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Act" means the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act No. 16 of 1908);
(b) "Deputy Inspector General, Registration and Stamps" means the Deputy Inspector General, Registration and Stamps appointed under section 8 of the Act;
(c) "Document" means a document written for presentation to a registering officer and includes an application for copy, inspection, search, extension of period, issue of summons or warrants, an application under section 73, a memorandum of appeal under section 72 of the any document in electronic form as defined in clause (t) of sub-section (2) of section 2 and mentioned in section 4 and 6 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Central Act No. 21 of 2000);
(d) "Document Writer" means a person holding licence for practicing as Writer of Documents;
(e) ''Form'' means Form appended to these rules;
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(f) "Inspector General of Registration" means the Inspector General of Registration, Rajasthan appointed under section 3 of the Act;
(g) "licence" means a licence of Document Writer granted under these rules;
(h) "Licensing Authority" means the Deputy Inspector General, Registration and Stamps of the district in which the applicant desires to practice as a document writer;
(i) "Registration" means registration of a documents under the Act;
(j) "Registering Officer" includes both a Registrar and a Sub- Registrar appointed under the Act;
(k) "State" means the State of Rajasthan; and
(l) "Year" means financial year.
(2) Words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Rajasthan Stamp Act, 1998 (Act No. 14 of 1,999) and the Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act No.
16 of 1908).