Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) "acknowledgement certificate" means the acknowledgement certificate issued under section 7;
2. (b) "approval" means any permission, no-objection, clearance, consent, registration, licence and the like which is required, in connection with the establishment or operation of an industrial unit in the notified area;
3. (c) "applicable Acts" means the Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923), the Factories Act, 1948 (63 of 1948), the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 (37 of 1970), the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), the payment of Bonus Act, 1965 (21 of 1965), the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (4 of 1936), the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 (53 of 1961), the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 (39 of 1972), the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976 (25 of 1976), The Madhya Pradesh Shops and Establishment Act, 1958 (No. 25 of 1958), The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 (1 of 2010), the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956), the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No.37 of 1961), the Madhya Pradesh Nagar Tatha Gram Nivesh Adhiniyam 1973 (No. 23 of 1973), the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Avam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994), the Madhya Pradesh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (No. 20 of 1959), the Electricity Act, 2003 (36 of 2003), the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 (6 of 1974), the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981) and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986);
4. (d) "commencement of commercial operation" means the date on which the industrial unit issues the first bill or invoice or tax invoice, whichever is earlier, of the goods manufactured or services rendered;
5. (e) "Competent Authority" means any department or agency of the Government or a Local Authority, Statutory Body, state owned Corporation, Panchayati Raj Institution, Municipality, Urban Development Authorities, or any other Authority or Agency constituted or established by or under any State Law or under administrative control of the Government, which is entrusted with the powers or responsibilities to grant or issue approval for establishment or operation of an industrial unit in the State;
6. (f) "Government" means the Government of Madhya Pradesh;
7. (g) "industrial unit" means an undertaking engaged in manufacturing or processing or both or providing services which the State Government may specify;
8. (h) "intention to invest" means a proposal referred to in section 7;
   • (i) "Madhya Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation Limited" means a wholly owned company of Government, registered under the companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) having headquarter at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh;
9. (j) "nodal agency" rneans the nodal agency referred to in section 5;
10. (k) "notification" means a notification published in the Madhya Pradesh Gazette and the word 'notified' shall be construed accordingly;
11. (l) "notified area" rneans a geographical delimitation notified under section 3;
12. (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
13. (n) "State" means the State of Madhya Pradesh; and
14. (o) "State Level Empowered Committee (SLEC)" means State Level Empowered Committee constituted under section 4.