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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- (1) "approved institution" means a hospital or a medical or teaching institution approved by the State Government for all or any of the purposes of this Act; (2) "authorised officer" means an officer appointed under section 4; (3) "near relative" means any of the following relatives of the deceased, namely, a wife, husband, parent, son, daughter, brother and sister, and includes any other person who is related to the deceased- (a) by lineal or collateral consanguinity within three degrees in lineal relationship and six degrees in collateral relationship; or (b) by marriage either with the deceased or with any relative specifically mentioned in this clause or with any other relative within the aforesaid degrees; Explanation.- The expression "Lineal and collateral consanguinity" shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively in sections 25 and 26 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925;