Section 2Definitions

s. 2

2. Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- [* * *] (2) “marriage bureau” means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, which negotiates the marriages of persons and includes a place where females of any age are kept or intended to be kept by such institution for the said purpose; (3) “orphan” means a boy or girl under eighteen years of age who has lost his or her father or has been abandoned by his or her parents or guardians; (4) “orphanage” means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, where orphans are kept or intended to be kept; (5) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (6) “widow” includes a woman abandoned by her husband; (7) “widows' home” means an institution, by whatever name it may be called, where widows or females of any age are kept or intended to be kept.

1. 2. Clause (1) was omitted by section 2 and the First Schedule of the East Pakistan Repealing and Amending Ordinance, 1960 (East Pakistan Ordinance No. XXVIII of 1960)