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DEFINITION
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in
the subject or context,-
“Adult” means a person who has completed his
eighteenth year of age.
“Adolescent” means a person who has
completed his fifteenth year of age but has not
completed his eighteenth year.
“Child” means a person who has not completed
his fifteenth years of age.
Section 2 is always Definition i.e. meaning is
given to a word
“Competent person” means a person or an
institution recognised as such by the Chief
Inspector for the purposes of the Act…
“Hazardous process” means any process or an
activity in relation to an industry specified in the
First Schedule where, unless special care is
taken, raw materials used therein or the
intermediate or finished products, bye-products,
wastes or effluents thereof would-
(i) cause material impairment to the health…, or