Definitions - Section 2

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,--

(1) "appropriate Government" means, in respect of establishments under the control of the Central Government or ¹[a railway administration] or a major port or a mine or oilfield, the Central Government, and in all other cases, the State Government;

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(3) "confinement" means labour resulting in the issue of a living child or labour after twenty-six weeks of pregnancy resulting in the issue of a child whether alive or dead;

(4) "contribution" means the sum of money payable to the Corporation by the principal employer in respect of an employee and includes any amount payable by or on behalf of the employee in accordance with the provisions of this Act;

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(6) "Corporation" means the Employees' State Insurance Corporation set up under this Act;

⁴[(6A) "dependant" means any of the following relatives of a deceased insured person, namely:--

²²[(i) a widow, a legitimate or adopted son who has not attained the age of twenty-five years, an unmarried legitimate or adopted daughter,]

⁶[(ia) a widowed mother;]

(ii) if wholly dependant on the earnings of the insured person at the time of his death, a legitimate or adopted son or daughter who has attained the age of ²³[twenty-five years] and is infirm;

(iii) if wholly or in part dependant on the earnings of the insured person at the time of his death,--

(a) a parent other than a widowed mother,

(b) a minor illegitimate son, an unmarried illegitimate daughter or a daughter legitimate or adopted or illegitimate if married and a minor or if widowed and a minor,

(c) a minor brother or an unmarried sister or a widowed sister if a minor,

(d) a widowed daughter-in-law,

(e) a minor child of a pre-deceased son,

(f) a minor child of a pre-deceased daughter where no parent of the child is alive, or

(g) a paternal grand-parent if no parent of the insured person is alive;]

(7) "duly appointed" means appointed in accordance with the provisions of this Act or with the rules or regulations made thereunder;

⁷[(8) "employment injury" means a p........