Section 2: Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, . (a) "Committee" means the Tamil Nadu Document Writers Welfare Fund Committee established under section 4; (b) "dependant" means any of the following relative of a deceased ember of the fund, namely: (i) widow or widower, minor son, un-married daughter or widowed mother; (ii) a son who has attained the age of eighteen years or a married daughter, who is wholly dependent on the earnings of the member at the time of his death and is infirm; (c) "document writer" means a person who has been granted licence under the Tamil Nadu Document Writers Licence Rules, 1982; (d) "Document Writers Association" means an association of document writers recognised and registered under section 17; (e) "fund" means the Tamil Nadu Document Writers Welfare Fund constituted undersection 3; (f) "Government" means the State Government; (g) "member of the fund" means a document writer admitted to the benefits of the fund under the provisions of this Act; (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) "State" means the State of Tamil Nadu.