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Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “brothel” includes any house, room 5[, conveyance] or place or any portion of any house, room 5[, conveyance] or place, which is used for purposes 6[of sexual exploitation or abuse] for the gain of another person or for the mutual gain of two or more prostitutes; 7[(aa) “child” means a person who has not completed the age of sixteen years;] 5[8[(b)]“corrective institution” means an institution, by whatever name called (being an institution established or licensed as such under section 21), in which 9[persons], who are in need of correction, may be detained under this Act, and includes a shelter where 10[undertrials] may be kept in pursuance of this Act;] 11* * * * * 12[(c) “magistrate” means a magistrate specified in the second column of the Schedule as being competent to exercise the powers conferred by the section in which the expression occours and which is specified in the first column of the Schedule;] 7[(ca) “major” means a person who has completed the age of eighteen years; (cb) “minor” means a person who has completed the age of sixteen years but has not completed the age of eighteen years;] (d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 13* * * * * 1.This Act has been extended to Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and First Schedule, to Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and Schedule and to the Union Territory of Pondicherry by Act 26 of 1968, s. 3 and Schedule.