Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

1. (a) "local authority" means any public undertaking, authority, co-operative society, corporation, body, board, society or organisation, by whatever name they are known,--
   • (i) incorporated or set up by the State Government, or
   • (ii) constituted under any Law, Ordinance, Act, Rules, or Regulations of the State Government, or
   • (iii) constituted under any Central Act, Ordinance, Rules, or Regulations, over which the State Government has control and authority;
2. (b) "officer" means a person serving in connection with the affairs of the State, local authority, or any other institution or organisation aided or set up by the State Government;
3. (c) "public undertaking" means a Government Company, within the meaning of section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956, (1 of 1956) in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid up share capital is held by the State Government or any Company which is a subsidiary of a Company in which not less than fifty-one per cent of the paid up share capital is held by the State Government and includes a corporation or other statutory body, by whatever name called, in each case owned or controlled by the State Government and any other Government Company, other than a Company owned and controlled by the Central Government in which the State Government has contributed equity.