Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-- (a) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Commission; (b) "Commission" means the Non-Resident Indians' (Keralites) Commission constituted under Section 3 and that may be known as NRI (Kerala) Commission; (c) "complaint" means all petitions or communications received in the Commission from a Non-resident Indian or from any other person on his behalf, in person or by post, fax, e-mail or by any other means alleging disputes or such violation or denial of justice by a public servant or a private person or from Institutions including Government/Quasi Government/Public Sector Institutions/Bank or such providing material on the basis of which the Commission takes suo moto cognizance; (d) "Member" means a member of the Commission and includes the Chairperson and Secretary; (e) "Non-resident Indians' (Keralites)" means a person of Indian citizen domiciled in Kerala who is either permanently or temporarily settled outside India for,-- (i) taking up employment outside India; or (ii) carrying on a business or vocation or for studying outside India; or (iii) any other purpose, in such circumstances, as would indicate his intention to stay outside India for an uncertain period. (f) "family" means,-- (1) Wife/husband, minor son including adopted children and unmarried divorced or widowed daughter; (2) Father, mother, unmarried sisters and minor brothers who are solely dependent on the Non-resident Indians (Keralites) and in the absence of such dependents, the major son and married daughter; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Commission as per sub-section (8) of Section 7 of this Act.