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Commercial concern, means a public limited com-pany or a cooperative society or a firm or any other person or body of persons engaged in trade or commerce, and includes-(i) a concern engaged in banking or insurance;(ii) a financial corporation;(iii) a concern engaged in shipping and navigation;(iv) a concern engaged in the business of brokers dealing in shares, stocks and securities and commodities;(v) a concern engaged in the business of advertising consultants;(vi) a light railway;(vii) a concern engaged in road transport service;(viii) a concern engaged in air transport service;(ix) a rubber, tea, coffee or cinchona plantation;(x) a concern engaged in the business of forwarding and clearing agents;(xi) any other concern which, in the opinion of the Central Government, is a commercial concern and is declared to be such by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette, but does not include an industrial concern. [Collection of Statistics Act, 1953 (32 of 1953), s. 2(b)]...
Occupation
Occupation, also is employed as referring to that which occupies time and attention; a calling; or a trade; and it is only as employed in this sense that the word is discussed in the following paragraphs.There is nothing ambiguous about the word 'occupation' as it is used in the sense of employing one's time. It is a relative term, in common use with a well-understood meaning, and very broad in its scope and significance. It is described as a generic and very comprehensive term, which includes every species of the genus, and encompasses the incidental, as well as the main, requirements of one's vocation calling, or business. The word 'occupation' is variously defined as meaning the principal business of one's life; the principal or usual business in which a man engages; that which principally takes up one's time, thought, and energies; that which occupies or engages the time and attention; that particular business, profession, trade, or calling which engages the time and efforts of an ...
license
license [Anglo-French, literally, permission, from Old French, from Latin licentia, from licent- licens, present participle of licēre to be permitted, be for sale] 1 a : a right or permission granted by a competent authority (as of a government or a business) to engage in some business or occupation, do some act, or engage in some transaction which would be unlawful without such right or permission ;also : a document, plate, or tag evidencing a license granted b : revocable authority or permission given solely to one having no possessory rights in a tract of land to do something on that land which would otherwise be unlawful or a trespass compare easement, lease c : a grant by the holder of a copyright or patent to another of any of the rights embodied in the copyright or patent short of an assignment of all rights 2 : a defense (as to trespass) that one's act was in accordance with a license granted 3 a : freedom that allows or is used with irresponsibility b : disregar...
Unfair practices by employers
Unfair practices by employers, the following shall be deemed to be unfair practices on the part of an employer, namely - (a) to interfere with, restrain or coerce his workmen in the exercise of their rights to organise, form, join or assist a Trade Union and to engage in concerted activities for the purpose of mutual aid or protection; (b) to interfere with the formation or administration of any Trade Union or to contribute financial or other support to it; (c) to discharge, or otherwise discriminate against, any officer of a recognized Trade Union because of his being such officer; (d) to discharge or otherwise discriminate against any workman because he has made allegations or given evidence in an enquiry or proceeding relating to any matter such as is referred to in sub-s. (1) of s. 28F; (e) to fail to comply with the provisions of s. 28F: Provided that the refusal of an employer to permit his workmen to engage in Trade Union activities during their hours of work shall not be deemed...
dispute
dispute dis·put·ed dis·put·ing vi : to engage in a dispute [disputing with management over contract terms] vt : to engage in a dispute over [disputing the correct application of the contract provision] ;esp : to oppose by argument or assertion [disputed changes to the grievance procedure] dis·put·able [di-spyü-tə-bəl, dis-pyə-tə-bəl] adj n : an assertion of opposing views or claims : a disagreement as to rights ;esp : one that is the subject of proceedings for resolution (as arbitration) ...
dangerous
dangerous 1 : creating a risk of bodily injury [a condition of a public building] 2 : able or likely to inflict esp. serious bodily injury [a criminal with no regard for human life] [a animal] ;also : deadly 3 : likely to engage in repeated criminal activity [a offender] NOTE: The activity that an offender is likely to engage in need not involve violence in order for the offender to be deemed dangerous. ...
Active service
Active service. 'on active service,' as applied to a person subject to military law, is defined by the (English) Army Act (44 & 45 Vict. C. 58) as meaning 'whenever he is attached to or forms part of a force which is engaged in operations against the enemy or is engaged in military operations in a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy or is in military occupation of any foreign country.'As applied to a person subject to this Act, means the time during which such person--(a) in attached to, or forms part of, a force which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (b) is engaged in air force operations in, or is on the line of march to, a country or place wholly or partly occupied by an enemy; or (c) is attached to, or forms part of, a force which is in military occupation of any foreign country. [Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950), s. 4 (i)] See also (5 of 1941), s. 2(a); (46 of 1950), s. 3(a)...
Active duty
Active duty, in relation to a person subject to this Act, means any duty as a member of the Force during the period in which such person is attached to, or forms part of, a unit of Force-(i) which is engaged in operations against an enemy, or (ii) which is operating at a picket or engaged on patrol or other guard duty along the borders of India, and includes duty by such person during any period declared by the Central Government by notifica-tion in the Official Gazette as a period of active duty with reference to any area in which any person or class of persons subject to this Act may be serving. [Border Security Force Act, 1968, s. 2 (1)(a)]Means the duty to restore and preserve order in any local area in the event of any disturbance therein. [Central Reserve Police Force Act, 1949 (66 of 1949), s. 2 (a)]Means, in relations to a person subject to this Act means any duty as a member of the Force during the period in which such person is attached to, or forms part of, a unit of the For...
Proximate security
Proximate security, 'proximate security' means protection provided from close quarters, during journey by road, rail, aircraft, watercraft or on foot or any other means of transport and shall include the places of functions, engagements, residence or halt and shall comprise ring round teams, isolation cordons, the sterile zone around, and the rostrum and access control to the person or members of his immediate family [Special Protection Group Act, 1988 (34 of 1988), s. 2(g)]Means protection provided from close quarters during journey by road, rail, aircraft, watercraft or on foot or any other means of transport, and shall include the place of functions, engagements, residence or halt and shall comprise ring round teams, isolation cordons, the sterile zone around and the rostrum and access control to the person or members of his immediate family. The mere fact that the protectee has to go to court as an undertrial, does not disentitle him to the proximate security, Commissioner of Polic...
Sales promotion employees
Sales promotion employees, means any person by whatever name called (including an apprentice) employed or engaged in any establishment for hire or reward to do any work relating to promotion of sales or business, or both, but does not including any such person,--(i) who, being employed or engaged in a supervisory capacity, draws wages exceeding sixteen hundred rupees per mensem; or(ii) who is employed or engaged mainly in a managerial or administrative capacity. [Sales Promotion Employees (Conditions of Service) Act, 1976, s. 2(d)]...
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