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Definitions.- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Board” means the Kerala Document Writers', Scribes’ and Stamp Vendors’ Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 9; (b) “cessation of employment” means ceasing of employment of a licensee consequent to the cancellation or surrender of the licence obtained for doing the employment; (c) “contribution” means the amount payable to the Welfare Fund by the members under sub-section (1) of section 4 and by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 26; (d) “dependent” means wife or husband, minor sons, unmarried or widowed or divorced daughters, mentally or physically disabled children, father, mother who are solely dependent upon the member; (e) “Document Writer” means a person having a licence who is engaged in the profession of preparing documents including 'enquiry as to title, preparation of draft deeds * Received the assent of the Governor on the 9th day of January, 2013 and published in the Kerala gazette Extraordinary No. 94 dated 10th January,2013. 3 and engrossing the deed on stamp paper for registration as per the Kerala Document Writers’ Licence Rules, 1960; (f) “Fund” means the Kerala Document Writers’, Scribes’ and Stamp Vendors’ Welfare fund constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3; (g) “Government” means the Government of Kerala; (h) “Inspector General of Registration” means the Inspector General of Registration of the Government of Kerala; (i) “member” means a Document Writer or a Scribe or a Stamp Vendor, who has been admitted as a member of the Welfare Fund under the provisions of this Act or who is continuing as a member of the Kerala Document Writers’, Scribes’ and Stamp Vendors’ Welfare Fund Scheme, 1991; (j) “notification” means a notification published in the Kerala Gazette; (k) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (l) “Registering Authority” means the District Registrar (General) of the district concerned; (m) “Scheme” means the Kerala Document Writers’, Scribes’ and Stamp Vendors' Welfare Fund Scheme framed under this Act; (n) “Scribe” means a person who assists a Document Writer in the preparation of documents and who possesses a valid scribe licence to transcribe the documents to be presented for registration as defined in sub-rule (5) of rule 3 of the Kerala Document Writers’ Licence Rules, 1960; (o) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board constituted as per this Act; (p) “stamp” means the Kerala Document Writers’, Scribes’ and Stamp Vendors' Welfare Fund Stamp printed and distributed under section 24; (q) “Stamp Vendor” means a person who has acquired a licence as per rule 35 of the Kerala Manufacture and Sale of Stamp Rules, 1960 and actively engaged in the profession of selling non-judicial stamps and stamp papers.