Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Commission" means the Bihar State Minorities Commission constituted under section 4 of the Act; (b) "Government" means the Government of Bihar; (c) "Minorities" means persons belonging to religious and linguistic minority communities living in the State of Bihar, who have been recognized as such minorities by the Government; (d) "Prescribed" means prescribed by this Act or by rules made thereunder; (e) "Public Servant" means a person as defined under the following clauses, namely—