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Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “Board” means the Kerala State Lottery Agents’ and Sellers’ Welfare Fund Board constituted under sub-section (1) of section 6; (b) “Identity Card” means the Identity card issued to the lottery agents/sellers from the Board; (c) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer under sub- section (5) of section 6; * Published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 243 dated 31st January, 2009. 2 (d) “Contribution” means the amount payable to the Fund under sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 4; (e) “Director of Lotteries” means the Director of the Kerala State Lotteries Department; (f) “District Lottery Officer” means the District Lottery Officer of the Kerala State Lotteries Department for the concerned Revenue District; (g) “District Welfare Officer of Lottery” means the officer being appointed under section 11 and officially designated for the District level administration of the Scheme; (h) “Family” means, Wife or husband, minor sons and unmarried daughters of a lottery agent/seller and includes his father, mother, mentally or physically disabled children who are dependent on the lottery agent/seller and in the absence of such dependants, major son and married daughter; (i) “Fund” means the Kerala State Lottery Agents’ and Sellers’ Welfare Fund established under section 3; (j) “Government” means the Government of Kerala; (k) “Lottery Agent” means an individual to whom an agency has been issued by the District Lottery Officer in the State of Kerala for the sale of paper lottery of the Government of Kerala and is holding a valid identity card issued under the Scheme and does not include in it a company, a firm, an association of individuals or a co-operative society; (l) “Lottery Seller” means, a person who sells paper lottery tickets of the Government of Kerala; (m) “Member” means a lottery agent or lottery seller enrolled as a member in the Fund and is holding a pass book issued under the Scheme; (n) “Notification” means a notification published in the Kerala Gazette; 3 (o) “Paper Lottery” means any lottery other than on-line lottery, conducted by the Government of Kerala in accordance with the provisions of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 (Central Act 17 of 1998); (p) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the Rules made under this Act; (q) “Scheme” means the Kerala State Lottery Agents’ and Sellers’ Welfare Fund Scheme framed under section 3; (r) “Specified” means specified in the Scheme; (s) “State Welfare Officer of Lottery” means the officer appointed under section 11 to assist the Chief Executive Officer; (t) “Year” means the financial year.