Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "Committee" or "District Committee" means the District Witness Protection Committee and it includes Committee for Metropolitan Area and for the Commissionerate Area (other than Metropolitan Area) constituted under section 3 ;
2. (b) "criminal trial" means the trial for serious offences;
3. (c) "serious offences" means those offences which are punishable with death or imprisonment for life or imprisonment for more than seven years;
4. (d) "State Committee" means the State Witness Protection Committee constituted under section 3 ;
5. (e) "witness" includes victim and his near relatives under threat in trial for serious offences.