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In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,- ( a ) "Control Board" mean the Devdasi Practice Control and Eradication Board established under section 5 ; (b) "dedication" means the performance of any act or ceremony by whatever name called, by which a woman is dedicated, voluntarily or otherwise, to the service of a Hindu deity, idol, object of worship, temple or religious institution as Devdasi or Jogtin or by any other name ; ( c ) "Devdasi" means a woman dedicated to a Hindu deity, idol, object of worship, temple or religious institution, named as Devdasi, Jogtin or by any other name; ( d ) " Devdasi Prevention Officer" means an officer appointed under section 10 ; ( e ) "District Committee" means a District Devdasi Practice Control Committee or Committees constituted under section 8 ; ( f ) "Government" means the Government of Maharashtra ; ( g ) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; ( h ) "temple" means a place by whatever name called dedicated to or used as a place of religious worship ; and (i) "woman" means a female human being of any age.