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( 1 ) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- ( a ) " Dal " means Maharashtra Suraksha Dal constituted under section 3; (b) "Magistrate",- ( i ) in relation to a metropolitan area, means a Metropolitan Magistrate; and ( ii ) in relation to an area outside a Metropolitan area, means a Judicial Magistrate of the first class; ( c ) "Member of the Dal " means a person appointed to the Dal under this Act, other than a superior officer; ( d ) "Police Officer" means a Police Officer as defined in the 1 Bombay Police Act, 1951 (Bom. XXII of 1951); ( e ) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; ( f ) " Rakshadhikari" means Rakshadhikari of the Dal and includes an Upa-Rakshadhikari of the Dal , appointed under section 4; ( g ) "subordinate officer" means a person appointed to the Dal as a Raksha Nirikshak, Raksha Upa-Nirikshak or a Jamadar ; ( h ) "superior officer" means a person appointed under section 4; ( i ) "the Government" shall include both the State Government and Central Government. ( 2 ) Words and expressions used herein and which are defined in the Indian Penal Code (XLV of 1860), the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (II of 1974) and the 2 Bombay Police Act, 1951 (Bom. XXII of 1951), and not hereinbefore defined, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in these enactments.