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Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “adolescent” means a person who has completed his 3[fourteenth] year but has not completed his eighteenth year; (b) “adult” means a person who has completed his eighteenth year; (c) “child” means a person who has not completed his 3[fourteenth] year; (d) “day” means a period of twenty-four hours beginning at midnight; (e) “employer” when used in relation to a plantation, means the person who has the ultimate control over the affairs of the plantation, and where the affairs of any plantation are entrusted to any other person (whether called a managing agent, manager, superintendent or by any other name) such other person shall be deemed to be the employer in relation to that plantation; 4[Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, "the person who has the ultimate control over the the affairs of the plantation" means in the case of a plantation owned or controlled by— (i) a company, firm or other association of individuals, whether incorporated or not, every director, partner or individual; (ii) the Central Government or State Government or any local authority, the person or persons appointed to manage the affairs of the plantation; and (iii) a lessee, the lessee;] 5[(ee) “family”, when used in relation to a worker, means— (i) his or her spouse, and (ii) the legitimate and adopted children of the worker dependent upon him or her, who have not completed their eighteenth year, 6[and includes parents and widow sister, dependent upon him or her;] 7[(eee) “inspector” means an inspector of plantations appointed under sub-section (1) of section 4 and includes an additional inspector of plantations appointed under sub-section (1A) of that section;]