Section 2:
Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "approved bank" means the State Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the State Bank
of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955), or a subsidiary bank constituted under section 3 of the State
Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 (38 of 1959), or a corresponding new bank
constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings)
Act, 1970 (5 of 1970), or a Regional Rural Bank established under section 3 of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976 (21 of 1976), or a corresponding new bank constituted under section 3 of the
Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980), or a banking
company as defined under clause (e) of section 5 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949),
or a banking institution notified by the Central Government under section 51 of that Act or such other
banking institution as the State Government may, in consultation with the Reserve Bank, approve for
the purposes of this Act;
(b) "chit" means a transaction whether called chit, chit fund, chitty, kuri 1[, fraternity fund,
Rotating Savings and Credit Institution] or by any other name by or under which a person enters into
an agreement with a specified number of persons that every one of them shall subscribe a certain sum
of money (or a certain quantity of grain instead) by way of periodical instalments over a definite
period and that each such subscriber shall, in his turn, as determined by lot or by auction of by tender
or in such other manner as may be specified in the chit agreement, be entitled to the 2[net chit
amount].
Explanation.-- A transaction is not a chit within the meaning of this clause, if in such
transaction,--
(i) some alone, but not all, of the subscribers get the 2[ net chit amount] without any liability to pay
future subscriptions; or
(ii) all the subscribers get the 3[gross chit amount] by turns with a liability to pay future subscriptions;
(c) "chit agreement" means the document containing the articles of agreement between the
foreman and the subscribers relating to the chit;
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(e) "chit business" means the business of conducting a chit;
(f) "defaulting subscriber" means a subscriber who has defaulted in the payment of subscriptions
due in accordance with the terms of the chit agreement;
(g) "discount" means the sum of money or the quantity of grain which a prized subscriber is,
under the terms of the chit agreement, required to forego and which is set apart under the said
agreement to meet the expenses of running the chit or for distribution among the subscribers or for
both;
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(i) "draw" means the manner specified in the chit agreement for the purpose of ascertaining the
prized subscriber at any instalment of the chit;
(j) "foreman" means the person who under the chit agreement is responsible for the conduct of
the chit and includes any person discharging the functions of the foreman under section 39;
6[(ja) "gross chit amount" means the sum-total of the subscriptions payable by all the subscribers
for any installment of a chit without any deduction of discount or otherwise;
(jb) "net chit amount" means the difference between the gross chit amount and the discount, and
in the case of a fraction of a ticket means the difference between the gross chit amount and the
discount proportionate to the fraction of the ticket, and when the net chit amount is payable otherwise
than in cash, the value of the net chit amount shall be the value at the time when it becomes payable;]
(k) "non-prized subscriber" does not include a defaulting subscriber;
(l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
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(n) "prized subscriber" means a subscriber who has either received or is entitled to receive the
2[net chit amount];
(o) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Chits appointed under section 61, and includes an
Additional, a Joint, Deputy or an Assistant Registrar appointed under that section;
(p) "Reserve Bank" means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under the Reserve Bank of India
Act, 1934 (2 of 1934);
8[(pa) “share of discount” means the share of the subscriber in the amount of discount available
under the chit agreement for rateable distribution among the subscribers at each instalment of the
chit.]
(q) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator of that Union
territory appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;
(r) "subscriber" includes a person who holds a fraction of a ticket and also a transferee of a ticket
or fraction thereof by assignment in writing or by operation of law;
(s) "ticket" means the share of a subscriber in a chit.
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 41 2019, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
2. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "prize amount" (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
3. Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "chit amount" (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
4. Clause (d) omitted by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
5. Clause (h) omitted by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
6. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
7. Clause (m) omitted by Act 41 of 2019, s. 2 (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
8. Ins. by s. 2, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).