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In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "Company" means a company registered under any of the enactments relating to companies for the t'me being in force in the United Kingdom or in the State or in [the Indian Union] or incorporated by an Act of Parliament or of the Governor-General in Council or by Royal Charter or Letters Patent ; (2) "Bank" and "banker" mean- (a) any company carry.ng on the business of bankers, (b) any partnership or individual to whose books the provisions of this Act shall have been extended as hereinafter provided ; (c) ally Post Office Savings Bank or ntoney-order office. (3) "Bankers' books" include ledgers, day-books, cash-books account-books and all othcr books used .n tlie ordhary business uf a bank ; (4) Legal proceeding" means any proceed ng or inquiry in which evidence is or may be given, and includes an arbitrat on ; (5) "The Court" means the person or persons belore whom a legal proceeding is held or taken ; (6) "Judge" means a Judge of the Nigh Court ; (7) "trial" means any hearing before theiCourt at which evidence is taken ; and (8) "Certified copy" means a copy of an) entry in the books of a bank together with a certificate written at thk foot of such copy that it is a true copy of such entry, that such entry is contained in one of the ordinary books of the bank and was made i@ the usual and ord'nary course of business, and that such book is still in the custody of the bank, such certificate being dated and sub9cribed by the principal accountant or manager of the bank with h's name and official title.