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For srutcmcn1 of Ol~jjecls and ~ z i i ~ o n s , sic tjnrynna Government Gazelte (EX traordinnl-y). dalcd the I X-7- I 975,.1>lrgr: 840. , , (b). "bcgg ing" means- (i) soliciting or t-eceiving alnls in a p,ublic place whethe:. or nct under any pretcnce, such'as 'singii~g, dancing, fortune-telling. perfomling tricks or seIling articles (iij havi ng'no visible means of subsistence and wandering about or remaining in any p~~blic piace in such condition or manner as makes it likely that the person doing so exists by soliciting or receiving alms ; (iii) enwring on any privaie premises for the purpose of ,, - soIicitjng or receiving nlnls ; (iv) exposing or exhibiring, with the object of obti~ining or extor-ti~g alms, any sorc, wound, injury, deformity or disease whether of a human being or of an animal ; or (17) allowing or~eself to be used as an exhibit for the purpose oFso1iciti:lg orreceiving alms ; , but does not include so1icitir:g or receiving money or food or gifts for a purpsoe authoiised by any law, or authorised in thc mahner prescri bed ; (c) "Ccni tied Insti tuiion" means any institutjorl which the State Government provides and maintains for the detention, training and employment of beggan and their dependerlts and includes a Cerlilied Home and Specj a I Home ; (dl "Certified Home'' mcans a home certilted by the State Government or by any subordinate autllority empowered by it in this behalf to be a fir place for the reception and detention of beggars, suffering from leprosy or any other infectious or contagious disease notified in this behalf by the State Guvanmenr ; ('1 "Chief Inspector'' means the person appointed to be the ' Cl~izf Inspector of Certified Institutions under section 18.; ![fl "chi Id" means a child as defined in clause (d) 01' sc.cr ion 2 of the Hi~ryana Children Act, 1974 ; j . I . 1971 : Haryana Act 91 PR evtiNTloti OF REGGARY 63 (g) '.Court" means the court of a Judicial Magistrate of any. class exercising criminal jurisdictio~~ in the area in which . this Act is in force ; (h) "Guardian" means a pcrsun who looks afts.r or takes carc of 3 chjld in Ehc ahscnce of, or in tllc evcnt of the death o l his parenls ;' . -, 8 , - -. (i) "I mpri so~~ment" means rigorous or simple imprisonment as described in secrion 53 of the India11 Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860) ; (j) "Parent" means the fathkr or the mother of a child ; (k) "Police Officef' means a police officer no1 below the r3r.k of an Assistant Sgb-Inspector ; ( I ) "prescribed" means prescribed by 'mles midc under this Act ; (m) "Probation Officer" means an officer appointed to be a Probation Officer under secrion 18 ; - . ( t i ) "public place" mems and includcs any place or precincts thereof to which for the time bcing rhe public have or are permi ttcd to have an access, whether on payrnenr or otncrwise and includes a passenger bus ;u~d a railway compartment ; (01 "ReceptionCentreWmeansan institution farthe reception and temporary detention of beggars provided by the Statc Government, or certified to be such under section 13 ; ( p ) "Special Homc" nlcans a home notified by the Stare Govcmment as saitabIe for the reception and detention of beggars. not physically capable of doing manual labour but not suffering from leprosy or any other infectious or contagious disease ; and x I (y j "Srlyerinte'iidenl" means a Superintendent of a Reception Centre or a Certified Institution, as the case may be.