Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) " debt " means any liability, whether secured or unsecured, incurred in a foreign country by a repatriate, whether payable under a contract or decree or an order of a court, civil or revenue or otherwise ; (2) "foreign country" means Burma or Ceylon or such other foreign country as the State Government may, by notification, specify, in this behalf ; (3) " repatriate " means a person of Indian origin who was ordinarily residing in a foreign country, and who, on leaving or being forced to leave, such foreign country,- (a) has returned to India with the intention of permanently residing therein, (b) is ordinarily residing in the State of Tamil Nadu, (c) has been rendered unable to- (i) occupy, supervise, manage or control his property, if any, in such foreign country, or (ii) exercise any profession or calling or to transact business or to carry on any trade or to hold any employment in such foreign country. Explanation.- A person shall be deemed to be of Indian origin if he or any of his parents, or any of his other ancestors or ancestresses, was born in India.