Section 2:
Definitions.
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,
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(a) "Director-General" means the Director-General of the Force appointed under section 4;
(aa) "enrolled member of the Force" means any subordinate officer, under officer or any other
member of the Force of a rank lower than that of an under officer;
(ab) "Force" means the Central Industrial Security Force constituted under section 3;
(ac) "Force custody" means the arrest or confinement of a member of the Force in accordance
with rules made under this Act;
(b) "industrial undertaking" means any undertaking pertaining to a scheduled industry and
includes an undertaking engaged in any other industry, or in any trade, business or service which may
be regulated by Parliament by law;
(c) "industrial undertaking in public sector" means an industrial undertaking owned, controlled or
managed by
(i) a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956),
(ii) a corporation established by or under a Central, Provincial or State Act, which is
controlled or managed by the Government;
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[(ca) "industrial establishment" means an industrial undertaking or a company as defined under
section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956),or a firm registered under section 59 of the Indian
Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932),which is engaged in any industry, or in any trade, business or
service;]
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[(cb) "joint venture" means a venture jointly undertaken by the Central Government or State
Government with private industrial undertaking;]
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(e) "Managing Director", in relation to an industrial undertaking, means the person (whether
called a managing agent, general manager, manager, chief executive officer or by any other name)
who exercises control over the affairs of that undertaking;
(f) "members of the Force" means a person appointed to the Force under this Act
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(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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['(ga) "private industrial undertaking" means an industry owned, controlled or managed by a
person other than the Central or State Government or any industrial undertaking in public sector;']
(h) "scheduled industry" means any industry engaged in the manufacture or production of the
articles mentioned in the First Schedule to the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951
(65 of 1951);
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['(ha) "subordinate officer" means a person appointed to the Force as an Inspector, a SubInspector
or an Assistant Sub-Inspector;';]
(i) "supervisory officer" means any of the officers appointed under section 4 and includes any
other officer appointed by the Central Government as a supervisory officer of the Force.
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['(j) "under officer" means a person appointed to the Force as a Head Constable, Naik or Lance
Naik.']
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[(2) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in any area shall, in relation to that area,
be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 14 of 1983, s. 3, for clause (a) (w.e.f. 15-6-1983).
2. Ins. by Act 40 of 1999, s. 3 (w.e.f. 29-12-1999).
3. Ins. by Act 22 of 2009, s. 2 (w.e.f. 10-1-2009).
4. Clause (d) omitted by Act 14 of 1983, s. 3 (w.e.f. 15-6-1983).
5. The words ",other than a supervisory officer" omitted by Act 14 of 1983, s. 3 (w.e.f. 15-6-1983).
6. Ins. by Act 22 of 2009, s. 2 (w.e.f. 10-1-2009).
7. Ins. by Act 14 of 1983, s. 3 (w.e.f. 15-6-1983).
8. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 15-6-1983)