20. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- "acquiring officer'' shall have the same meaning as in the Land Acquisition Act; "'agricultural land " and "estate land" shall have the same meaning as in the Land Reform Law;
" approved provident fund" means a provident fund declared to be an approved provident fund under, Part-IV of the Employees provident fund Act No. 15 of 1958 ;"collective agreement" shall have the same meaning as in section 5 of the Industrial Disputes Act; " Commissioner" means the person for the time being holding the office of the Commissioner of Labour and includes any person for the time being holding the office of Deputy or Senior Assistant or Assistant Commissioner of Labour, or 'any Labour Officer: "completed service" means uninterrupted includes service which is interrupted by approved leave on any ground whatsoever, a strike or lock out or cessation of work not due to any fault of the workman concerned, whether such uninterrupted or interrupted service was rendered before or after the coming into operation of this Act. " employer " means any person who employs or, on whose behalf any other person employs any workman and includes a body of employers (whether such body is a body corporate or unincorporated or a public corporation) or any person who on behalf of any other person employs any workman and any person or Body of employers who or which has ceased to be an employer but does not include a co-operative society established under the Co-operative Societies Law. No. 5 of 1972, or a local authority: " Employees' Provident Fund " shall have the same meaning as in the Employees' Provident Fund Act. No. 15 of 1958; "Indian repatriate'' shall have the same meaning as in the Payment of Gratuities and other Monetary Benefits to Indian Repatriates (Special Provisions) Law, No. 34 of 1978. " industry " includes -
| (a) trade, business, manufacture and agriculture, any undertaking or occupation by way of trade, business, manufacture or agriculture, and any branch or section of trade, business, manufacture or agriculture: |
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| (b) service, work or labour of any description whatsoever performed by persons in the employment of a Local Authority, or of a Corporation established by or under any written law for carrying on an undertaking whether for the purpose of trade or otherwise. |
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| (c) every occupation calling or service of workmen, and' |
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| (d) every undertaking of employers; |
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"labourer'' means any labourer or kangany whose name is borne on an estate register and includes any person who has ceased to be a labourer; "Land Reform Commission"' shall have the same meaning as in the Land Reform Law; "Land Reform Law " means the Land Reform Law, No. 1 of 1072, as amended by Law, No. 39 of 1975, Act, No. 14 of 1981. and the Land Reform (Special Provisions) Act, No. 39 of 1981; " legal representative " means the executor or administrator or in the case of an estate below the value of twenty thousand rupees the heirs who have audited the inheritance; " local authority " means any Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council and includes any Authority created and established by or under any law to exercise, perform or discharge powers, duties and functions corresponding to or similar to the powers, duties and functions exercised, performed or discharged by any such Council; " public corporation'' means any corporation, board or other body which was or is established by or under any written law other than the Companies Ordinance or the Companies Act, No. 17 of 1982, with funds or capital wholly or partly provided by Government by way of grant, loan or otherwise; " wage or salary " means -
| (a) the basic or consolidated wage or salary; |
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| (b) cost of living allowance, special living allowance or other similar allowance; and |
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"workman" means any person who has entered into or works under a contract with an employer in any capacity, whether the contract is expressed or implied, oral or in writing and whether it is a contract of service or of apprenticeship or a contract personally to execute any work or labour and includes any person ordinarily employed under any such contract whether such person is or is not in employment at any particular, time, and includes any workman whose services have been terminated; and. " year " means a completed period of twelve months. |
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