Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

1. (a) “Committee” means the Tamil Nadu Document Writers’ Welfare Fund Committee established under section 4;
2. (b) “dependant” means any of the following relative of a deceased member of the fund, namely:,
   • (i) widow or widower, minor son, un-married daughter or widowed mother;
   • (ii) a son who has attained the age of eighteen years or a married daughter, who is wholly dependent on the earnings of the member at the time of his death and is infirm;
3. (c) “document writer” means a person who has been granted licence under the Tamil Nadu Document Writers’ Licence Rules, 1982;
4. (d) “Document Writers Association” means an association of document writers recognised and registered under section 17;
5. (e) “fund” means the Tamil Nadu Document Writers’ Welfare Fund constituted under section 3;
6. (f) “Government” means the State Government;
7. (g) “member of the fund” means a document writer admitted to the benefits of the fund under the provisions of this Act;
8. (h) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
   • (i) “State” means the State of Tamil Nadu.