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Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Academy" means the Karnataka Chalanachithra Academy, Karnataka Nataka Academy, Karnataka SangeethaNruthya Academy, Karnataka Janapada Academy, Karnataka Lalithakala Academy, Karnataka Yakshagana Academy and Karnataka Bayalata Academy established by the Government; (b) “Appellate Authority” means the Member-Secretary of the Board; (c) "Board" means the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists' Welfare Board constituted under section 3; (d) "Contribution" means the amount payable to the Fund under section 8 of this Act; (e) "Cine and Cultural activist" means any person who is employed in relation to the field of cinema to work as an artist (including actor, musician or dancer) or to do any work, skilled, unskilled, manual supervisory, technical, artistic or otherwise or any person who is being engaged in such other activities as declared by the Government, by notification in the official Gazette, for the purpose of this Act; (f) "Cine and Cultural activity" means an activity performed by a Cine and Cultural activist and recognized as such by the respective Academy or Organisations or such other Body or Association approved by the Government for the purposes of this Act, in which the activist is a member; (g) “Cess” means cess levied and collected under section 9; (h) "family" means wife or husband, minor sons and unmarried daughters of a cine and cultural activist and includes in it his father, mother and mentally retarded or physically challenged or widowed daughters who are solely dependent upon him; 4 (i) "Fund" means the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists' Welfare Fund constituted under section 8; (j) "Government" means the Government of Karnataka; (k) "Notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette of Karnataka; (l) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules under this Act; (m) “Registered Workers” means the workers registered under sub-section (1) of section 7 of this Act; (n) “Regulations” means the regulations made by the Board under this Act; (o) “Related establishment” means stand alone cinema theaters, Multiplex halls, over-the-top (OTT), Television channels and such other establishments as notified by the Government from time to time; (p) “Rules” means the rules made under this Act; (q) "Scheme" means the Karnataka Cine and Cultural Activists' Welfare Fund Scheme framed under clause (c) of section 5; and (r) “Unique ID” means the unique identification number issued to Cine and Cultural Activists registered under section 7.