(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
1 [(a) "Director-General" means the Director-General of the Force appointed under section 4;
(aa) "enrolled member of the Force" means any subordinate officer, under officer or any other member of the Force of a rank lower than that of an under officer;
(ab) "Force" means the Central Industrial Security Force constituted under section 3;
(ac) "Force custody" means the arrest or confinement of a member of the Force in accordance with rules made under this Act;]
(b) "industrial undertaking" means any undertaking pertaining to a scheduled industry and includes an undertaking engaged in any other industry, or in any trade, business or service which may be regulated by Parliament by law;
(c) "industrial undertaking in public sector" means an industrial undertaking owned, controlled or managed by--
(i) a Government company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956);
(ii) a corporation established by or under a Central Provincial or State Act, which is controlled or managed by the Government;
2[(ca) "industrial establishment" means an industrial undertaking or a company as defined under section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or a firm registered under section 59 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (9 of 1932) which is engaged in any industry, or in any trade, business or service;]
7[(cb) "joint venture" means a venture jointly undertaken by the Central Government or State Government with private industrial undertaking;]
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(e) "Managing Director", in relation to an industrial undertaking, means the person (whether called a managing agent, general manager, manager, chief executive officer or by any other name) who exercises control over the affairs of that undertaking;
(f) "members of the Force" means a person appointed to the Force under this Act 4 [***];
(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
7[(ga) "private industrial undertaking" means an industry owned, controlled or managed by a person other than the Central or State Government or any industrial undertaking in public sector;]
(h) "scheduled industry" means any industry engaged in the manufacture or production of the articles mentioned in the First Schedule to the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951;
5[(ha) "subordinate officer" means a person appointed to the Force as an Inspector, a Sub-Inspector or an Assistant Sub-inspector;]
(i) "supervisory officer" means any of the officers appointed under section 4 and includes any other officer appointed by the Central Government as a supervisory officer of the Force;
5[(j) "under officer" means a person appointed to the Force as a Head Constable, Naik or Lance Naik.]
6[(2) Any reference in this Act to a law which is not in force in any area shall, in elation to that area, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.]
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1. Substituted for clause (a) by the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act (14 of 1983), section 3, (15-6-1983).
2. Inserted by the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment and Validation) Act of 1999, w.e.f. 29-12-1999.
3. Clause (d) omitted by the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act (14 of 1983), Section 3 (15-6-1983).
4. The words "other than a supervisory officer" omitted by the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act (14 of 1983), Section 3 (15-6-1983).
5. Inserted by the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act (14 of 1983), Section 3 (15-6-1983).
6. Substituted for Sub-sec (2) by the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act (14 of 1983), Section 3, (15-6-1983).
7. Inserted by the Central Industrial Security Force (Amendment) Act, 2009.