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

1. (a) "Competent Authority" means the authority appointed under section 4;

¹ Substituted for the words “REGULATION OF PUBLIC DEPOSITS” vide

H.P. Act No. 4 of 2002.

2. Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated th April, 1999, pp. 1255 and 1262.