In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, —
(a) "Act" means the Sashastra Seema Bal Act, 2007 (53 of 2007);
(b) "Appendix" means an Appendix annexed to these rules;
(c) "Appointment" means appointment of a person to the Force and includes enrolment;
(d) "Commandant" means a person appointed by the Central Government as a Commandant to the Force under section 5;
(e) "Court" means the Force Court as defined in section 76 of the Act;
(f) "Detachment" includes any part of a battalion or a unit of the Force required or ordered to proceed on duty away from headquarters;
(g) "Force authority" when used in relation to any power, duty, act or matter, means such authority as, in pursuance of these rules exercises, or performs that power or duty or is concerned with that matter;
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(h) "section" means a section of the Act;
(i) all other words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act, shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Act.