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Subs. by Act 30 of 1995, s. 2 for “legitimate” (w.e.f. 15-9-1995). 4 (c) a minor illegitimate son, an unmarried illegitimate daughter or a daughter 1[legitimate or illegitimate or adopted] if married and a minor or if widowed and a minor, (d) a minor brother or a unmarried sister or a widowed sister if a minor, (e) a widowed daughter-in-law, (f) a minor child of a pre-deceased son, (g) a minor child of a pre-deceased daughter where no parent of the child is alive, or (h) a paternal grandparent if no parent of the 2[employee]is alive.] 3[Explanation.—For the purpose of sub-clause (ii) and items (f) and (g) of sub-clause (iii), references to a son, dauthter or child include an adopted son, daughter or child respectively; 4[(dd) “employee” means a person, who is— (i) a railway servant as defined in clause (34) of section 2 of the Railways Act, 1989 (24 of 1989), not permanently employed in any administrative district or sub-divisional office of a railway and not employed in any such capacity as is specified in Schedule II; or (ii) (a) a master, seaman or other member of the crew of a ship, (b) a captain or other member of the crew of an aircraft, (c) a person recruited as driver, helper, mechanic, cleaner or in any other capacity in connection with a motor vehicle, (d) a person recruited for work abroad by a company, and who is employed outside India in any such capacity as is specified in Schedule II and the ship, aircraft or motor vehicle, or company, as the case may be, is registered in India; or (iii) employed in any such capacity as is specified in Schedule II, whether the contract of employment was made before or after the passing of this Act and whether such contract is expressed or implied, oral or in writing; but does not include any person working in the capacity of a member of the Armed Forces of the Union; and any reference to any employee who has been injured shall, where the employee is dead, include a reference to his dependants or any of them;] (e) “employer” includes anybody of persons whether incorporated or not and any managing agent of an employer and the legal representative of a deceased employer, and, when the services of a2[employee] are temporarily lent or let on hire to another person by the person with whom the 2[employee] has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship, means-such other person while the 2[employee] is working for him; (f) “managing agent” means any person appointed or acting as the representative of another person for the purpose of carrying on such other person’s trade or business, but does not include an individual manager subordinate to an employer;