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(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) 'Board' means the Kerala Beedi and Cigar Workers' Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 7; (b) 'Chief Welfare Fund Inspector' means the Chief Welfare Fund Inspector appointed under sub-section (1) of section 10; (c) 'contribution' means the sum of money payable to the Fund under section 5; (d) 'employee' means a person employed directly or through any agency, whether for wages or not, in any beedi or cigar establishment to do any work, skilled, unskilled, manual or clerical and includes,- (i) any person who is given raw materials by an employer or a contractor for converting them into beedi or cigar at home; (ii) any person not employed by an employer or a contractor but working with the permission of, or under agreement with the employer or contractor; and (iii) any person employed by a petty shop owner for wages or not, for making beedi or cigar; (e) 'employer' means,- (i) in relation to contract labour, the principal employer; and (ii) in relation to any other labour, the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of any establishment or who has, by reason of his advancing money, supplying goods or otherwise, a substantial interest in the control of the affairs of any establishment and includes any other person to whom the affairs of the establishment are entrusted, whether called the manager, superintendent or by any other name; (f) 'family' means,- (i) husband, wife, minor sons, unmarried daughters; and (ii) father and mother who are solely dependent on the beedi or cigar worker or the self employed person; (g) 'Fund' means the Kerala Beedi and Cigar Workers' Welfare Fund established under section 3 and the Scheme; (h) 'member' means an employee or self-employed person registered in the Scheme under section 4; (i) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) 'Schedule' means the Schedule to this Act; (k) 'Scheme' means the Scheme framed under this Act; (l) 'self-employed person' means a person who purchases raw materials and produces beedi or cigar and sells in the market for his livelihood, but does not include an employee as defined in clause (d); (m) 'wages' means all emoluments which are earned by an employee while on duty or on leave with wages in accordance with the terms of the contract of employment and which are paid or payable in cash to him, but does not include,- (i) the cash value of any food concession; (ii) overtime allowance, bonus and commission; (n) 'Welfare Fund Inspector' means a Welfare Fund Inspector appointed under sub-section (1) of section 10. (o) 'year' means the financial year. (2) All other words and expressions used but not defined in this Act but defined in the Beedi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act, 1966 (Central Act 32 of 1966), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.