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Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Board" means the Kerala Motor Transport Workers’ Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 6: (b) "Chief Executive Oflicer” means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1) of section 7; (c)“contribution " means a contribution payable in respect of a member under the scheme; ((1) ”employee” means a person who is employed for wages in a motor transport undertaking directly or through an agency to work in a professmnal capaclty on a transport vehicle or to attend to duties in connection with the arrival, departure, loading or unload- ing of such transport vehicle and includes a driver, conductor, cleaner, station staff, line checking staff, booking clerk, cash clerk, depot clerk, time keeper, watchman or attendant. (e) “employer" means, in relation to any motor transport undertaking, the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of the motor transport undertaking, and ‘ Received the assent of the President on the 12th day of August, 1985 and Published in the Karate. Gazette, Extraordinary No. 681 dated 16th August 1985. 1‘37 where the said affairs are entrusted to any other person, whether called a manager, managing director, managing agent or by any other name, such other person; (f) “Fund” means the Kerala Motor Transport Workers’ Welfare Fund established under the scheme; (g) “member" means a member of the Fund and ineludes any person eligible to become a member of the Fund; (h) “motor transport undertaking” means a motor transport undertaking engaged in carrying passengers or goods or both by road for hire or reward and includes a private carrier; (i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) “scheme” means the scheme framed under this Act; (k) “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; (1) all other words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act 4 of 1939), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.