Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

1. (a) "Acknowledgement Certificate" means the certificate issued under section 7 of this Act, which shall serve as an approval for the period specified in section 9;
2. (b) "approval" means any permission, no-objection, clearance, consent, approval, registration, licence and the like, required under any State law in connection with the establishment or operation of an enterprise in the State of Assam;
3. (c) "Authority" means the Commissioner of Industries for the medium and small enterprises and General Manager of the district for the micro enterprises;
4. (d) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Industries and Commerce, Assam;
5. (e) "competent authority" means any department, agency, local authority, statutory body, State-owned corporation, Panchayati Raj Institution, Urban Local Body, Urban Development Authority or any other authority or agency constituted under any State law or under administrative control of the Government, entrusted with the power to grant or issue an approval for the establishment or operation of an enterprise in the State;
6. (f) "Deemed Acknowledgement Certificate" means the system-generated certificate automatically issued by the Single Window Portal upon failure of the concerned authority to issue an Acknowledgement Certificate within the specific period, and shall have the same legal force and effect as an Acknowledgement Certificate for the said purposes under this Act;
7. (g) "Declaration of Intent" means the declaration of intent submitted by an applicant to start an enterprise on the Single Window Portal under section 6;
8. (h) "eligible enterprise" means any micro, small or medium enterprise as defined under the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 to establish or operate within the State, except the enterprises falling under the Red Category as notified by the Assam State Pollution Control Board; [Central Act No. 27 of 2006]
   • (i) "Enterprise" means a micro, small and medium enterprise as defined in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006; [Central Act No. 27 of 2006]
9. (j) "General Manager" means the General Manager of the District Industries and Commerce Centre of the concerned district;
10. (k) "Government" means the Government of Assam;
11. (l) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette, and the word "notified" shall be construed accordingly;
12. (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
13. (n) "Single Window Portal" means the portal under Ease of Doing Business maintained by the Government of Assam, or such other portal as the Government may by notification designate, maintained for the purposes of this Act;
14. (o) "State" means the State of Assam;
15. (p) "Industrial Undertaking" means a solemn declaration and undertaking to be furnished by the owner of an enterprise in such form as may be prescribed by the Government for engagement in manufacturing or processing or both; or providing service or doing any other business or commercial activity for the compliance of the provisions of the Act.