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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Definitions. (a) "continuous service" means uninterrupted service and includes service which is interrupted by sickness, accident, leave, lay off, strike or a lock-out or cessation of work not due to any fault of the workmen concerned; (b) "controlling authority" means the authority appointed by the State Government under section 3; (c) "employer" means in relation to any industry— (i) belonging to, or under the control of, the State Government, a person or authority appointed by the 293 The West Bengal Workmen's House-rent Allowance Act, 1974. [West Ben. Act (Sections 3, 4.) Controlling authority. Payment of house-rent allowance. State Government, for the supervision and control of workmen, or where no person or authority has been so appointed, the head of the Department concerned, or (ii) belonging to, or under the control of, any local authority, the person appointed by such authority for the supervision and control of workmen, or where no person has been so appointed, the chief executive officer of the local authority, or CO in any other case, the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of the industry and where the said affairs are entrusted to any other person, whether called a manager, managing director or by any other name, such person; (d) "industry" has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (j) of section 2 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, but does 14 of 1947. not include a plantation as defined in clause (f) of section 2 of the Plantations Labour Act, 1951; 69 of 1951. (e) "month" has the same meaning as assigned to it in clause Ben. Act I of (27) of the Bengal General Clauses Act, 1899;