Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Board" means the Handloom Workers Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 6; (b) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under section 9; (c) "contribution" means the sum of money payable by the employer and the employee to the Fund under the provisions of section 4; (d) "employee" means any person who is employed for wages in any handloom industry to do any skilled or unskilled manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work; (e) "employer" means any person who employs, either directly or through another person, or whether on behalf of himself or any other person, one or more employees in any handloom industry and includes any person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of the handloom industry; (f) "Fund" means the Handloom Workers Welfare Fund established under section 3; (g) "handloom industry" means the industry of weaving cloth on handlooms and includes all processes preparatory to and ancillary for such weaving; (h) "member" means a member of the Fund; (i) "Scheme" means a scheme framed under this Act.