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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) ―Committee‖ means Committee constituted under section 7; 1 . Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha/ For Statement of Objects and Reasons see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (e-Gazette),dated the 20th March, 2021, pp. 9377 and 9380-9381 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LOKTANTRA PRAHRI SAMMAN ACT, 2021 2 (b) ―emergency period‖ means the period commencing from 25th June, 1975 to 21stMarch, 1977; (c) ―LoktantraPrahri‖ means a person belonging to the Himachal Pradesh who wasdetained in jail or police station under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act,1971 (26 of 1971) (repealed) or the Defence of India Rules, 1971 (repealed) orCode of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) for political or social reasonsduring emergency period and a person belonging to other State who was detainedin jail or police station of the State of Himachal Pradesh under the Maintenance ofInternal Security Act, 1971 (repealed) or the Defence of India Rules, 1971(repealed) or Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for political or social reasonsduring emergency period; (d) ―Notification‖ means a notification published in the Rajpatra (e-Gazette),Himachal Pradesh; (e) ―prescribed‖ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) ―SammanRashi‖ means such money as may be notified and awarded by the StateGovernment to honour the LoktantraPrahri or the spouse of deceased LoktantraPrahri under section 5; and (g) ―section‖ means a Section of this Act.