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\1) ln this Aci, unless the contoxt otheMise requkes.- (a) ,Aci,,means the Sikkim police Act, 2OOB; (b),catfle,'means and includes cows, butfalos, elephants, camels, horses, , asses, mules, sheep, goats and swine; (c) .corelunctions,meansduties relatedtosovereigniunctionsof theState including arrest, search, serzure, cr me lnvestig;lion, ctowd conttoland allied tunctions that can onjy be performed byihe police as lhe agency o, the State (d).Group C,posls,'rneans the posts so calegorized underthe relevant Slate Serv'ce RLtes: (e) (s) (t (i) o "Headouarters Company"means a unil performing aon'i'islrarive and other suppod fLrnclions ot a State A'med Police Battalion; 'insuroencv includes waqlngofarrred siruggle bya g'oup ora sectior of;op"ulalion aga nst theSlalewilh apolitica or olhe' objecrve includ;19 the separalion of a parl trom lhe territory of lndrai "iniernal security"mears preservalionof sovereigntyand integrityoi lhe State from disruptive and anti-natjonalforces; "Maoistrale" means, unlessthe conlext otherwise requires, an Executive t!,,lae;strate appointed under Section 20 of the Code of C'iminal Procedure' 1gfu andin;iudes aperson exercising powers of Sub-Divisjonal I\,4agis1rate o' District Magistrate: "militant activities" include any violent aciivity of a group using exDlosivos. inflammable subs16nces, iirearms o'olher lelhal weapons or'hazardous stlostarce 'n ordsl lo acF:eve;ls polil;calor olher objectlves; "non-core police functions" means such iunctions which are not core funciions as definedi 'oroanized crime''inc'udes anycdme comm'tled by a group or neworL o'iersons'n pursuarce ol ls common intentions oi unlawfulgain by using violent means or threat ofviolence; I I -olace ol oub);c amusemenl and public enlenain'nenf includes such ' olaces as mav be not:'ieo Dy the Slale Governmenl' and ' case no such place is nol'ieo,Ihen any place liable for payme_t of arrusemenl/ entefiainmenttax to ihe Slate Government rm) "Police D,stricl means such area as may be oeclared lo be a Police Dislricl by lhe Stale Govemmenl by notlication underSedion BotlhisAcri (n) "Police Office/' means any member of the Police Service of the State; (o) "prescribed" means prescribed underlhis Acti (p) "public place" means any place lo which the publlc have access and include: (i) a public building and monumenl and precincts thereot; (ii) any place accessible to the public for drawing water, washing or bathing orforpurposesof recreation; and (iii) such olher places as may be notified by the Stale Goverflment; (q) "regulations" mean rogulaiions made under this Act; (4'rules'' mean -ules made undelthis Acl: (s) "service Companies" means unils ol Stale Armed Police Battalions and District Aimed Reserve which are deployed forlaw and orderand other duties in supporl of civil police; (t) "Service" means the Police Service consliiuted under this Act; {u) "State" means the State of Sikkim; (v) "State Government" means the Governmeni of Sikkim; (w) "slalion House Officef' means the Officer in-chargo of Police Statlon' of and abovethe rank ot Sub_lnspeciorof Police: (k) (x) 'Subordinati, ranlC means all ranks below the rank of Assistant or Deputy Supe.intendent of Police; (y) lenorist activM includos any activity of a pe.son o. a group using explosives or inUammable substances or firearms or other lethal weapons oa noxious gases or other chemicals or any other subsiance of a hazadoLrs nature with the aim to strike terror in the society orany section lhereof, andwith an intent to overa\,vo the Government established bY law. (2) Words and expressions used in this Act but not deflned specifically shall ' 'have the same meaning as provjded in the General Clalses Acl 1897, the Code of Criminal Procedure '1973, and the hdian PenalCode, 1860' One PoliceService tortheState Constitution and composltion ol the Police Service