Section 2. Definition

2. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subtract or context- (a) “borrower” means an individual, company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, to whom or to which a loan has been advanced under this Act ; (b) “company” means a company as defined in the Indian Companies Act, 1913 ; (c) “controlling authority” means the Collector of the district concerned and includes any officer authorized by the Provincial Government to grant a loan under this Act ; (d) “Chief Administrator” means the Provincial Refugee Commissioner United Provinces, and includes any other officer appointed by the Provincial Government to perform the duties of Chief Administrator under this Act ; (e) “person in industry” means any person engaged or who intends to engage, whether as owner or as worker and whether wholetime or part-time, in any industrial business or enterprise or undertaking conducted either by an individual or by a company, association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not ; (f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) “refugee” means a person displaced from the territories now comprised in Pakistan who is for the time being resident in the United Provinces and who has been registered in accordance with section 4 of the United Provinces Refugees Registration Act, 1948, before February 1, 1948, or such extended date as the Provincial Government may notify in that behalf in the official Gazette ; and (h) “Provincial Government” means the United Provinces Government.