(l) These rules may be called the Uttar Pradesh Maternity Benefit Rules, 1983.
(2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
2. In the rules, unless the context otherwise requires—
(a) the 'Act' means the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (Act No. 53 of 1961) ;
(b) 'Form means a form appended to these Rules ;
(c) 'Inspector' means an Inspector of Factories, Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories, Chief Inspector of Factories and Additional Inspector of Factories appointed under Section 8 of the Factories Act, 1948 and ex-officio Inspector of Factories under the same section of the same Act and Inspector of Plantation and Chief Inspector of Plantation appointed under subsection 4(1) of the Plantation Labour Act, 1951 in respect of the Plantation in Uttar Pradesh as defined under Section 2(f) of the said Act ;
'Labour Commissioner' means the officer appointed by the State Government to discharge the function of the Labour Commissioner under the rules ;
'muster roll' means a muster roll maintained under Rule 3 ;
'registered medical practitioners' means a medical practitioner whose name has been enrolled in a register maintained under any Law for the time being in force regulating the registration of practitioners of medicine ;
'section' means a section of the Act ; and All other words and expressions and hereinafter but not defined herein shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Act.