2. Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "employer" in relation to a Scheduled Act, which defines such expression, has the same meaning assigned to it in that Act, means the person who gets his establishment registered under and/or obtains license under the said Scheduled Act;

(b) "establishment" has the same meaning assigned to it in a Scheduled Act and includes-

(i) an industrial establishment as defined in section 2 of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 (No. 4 of 1936);

(ii) a factory as defined in section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (No. 63 of 1948);

(iii) a plantation as defined in section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 (No. 69 of 1951);

(iv) a newspaper establishment as defined in section 2 of the Working Journalists and Other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (No. 45 of 1955); and

(v) an establishment of contractor to whom a Scheduled Act applies;

(c) "Scheduled Act" means an Act specified in the First Schedule to this Act and as in force on the commencement of this Act in the State of Manipur;

(d) "State Government" means the Government of Manipur.