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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "applicant" includes a person in whose favour a maintenance order has been made under the provisions of this Act ; (b) "approved person" or "organisation" means a person or an organisation that has been approved under section 20 by the State Government in writing for the purposes of this Act; and shall include person or organisation as specified in the Schedule appended to this Act; (c) "child" includes a child born out of extra marital relationship, adopted and step child, below the age of 18 years ; (d) "dependant" includes,- (i) parents and grand parents, so long as they are unable to maintain themselves or unable to obtain maintenance in the case of grand parents from their sons and daughters; (ii) wife, so long as she does not re-marry; (iii) son or the son of predeceased son, so long as he is minor ; provided and to the extent that he is unable to obtain maintenance in the case of grandson from his father's or mother's estate ; (iv) unmarried daughter or unmarried daughter of the predeceased son, so long as she remains unmarried ; provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance in case of a grand daughter from her father's and mother's estate ; (v) widowed daughter ; provided that and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance- (a) from the estate of her husband ; or (b) from her son or daughter, if any, or his or her estate ; or (c) from her father-in-law or her grand father or the estate of either of them; (vi) any widow of the son or of the son of the predeceased son, so long as she does not remarry; provided and to the extent that she is unable to obtain maintenance from the estate of her husband or from her son or daughter, if any, or his or her estate; or in the case of a grandson's widow, also from her father-in-law's estate; (vii) son born out of extra marital relationship, so long he remains minor; and (viii) daughter born out of extra marital relationship, so long she remains minor ; 4 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH MAINTENANCE OF PARENTS AND DEPENDANTS ACT, 2001 (e) "Maintenance Officer" means the Maintenance Officer for the maintenance of parents and dependants appointed under section 13; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (g) "property" means property of any kind, whether movable or immovable, tangible or intangible ; and includes any rights or interest in such property; (h) "respondent" includes a person against whom a maintenance order has been made under the provisions of this Act ; and (i) "Tribunal" means the Tribunal for the maintenance of parents and dependants established under section 14.