Section 2. Definitions

2. Definitions . — (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, — (a) "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 the Force — (i) which is engaged in operations against an enemy or an insurgent or a terrorist or any person in arms against the Union, 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 notification in the Official Gazette, as a period of active duty with reference to any area in which or under any provision of this Act or for the purposes of any other law for the time being in force, any person or class of persons subject to this Act may be serving; (b) "Assam Rifles Court" means a Court referred to in section 86; (c) "battalion" means a unit of the Force constituted as battalion by the Central Government; (d) "Chief Law Officer" and "Law Officer" mean, respectively, the Chief Law Officer and a Law Officer of the Force appointed by the Central Government; (e) "civil offence" means as offence which is triable by a criminal court; (f) "civil prison" means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894) or under any other law for the time being in force; (g) "Commandant", when used in any provision of this Act with reference to any unit of the Force, means the officer whose duty it is under the rules or regulations or in the absence of such rules or regulations, by custom of the service, to discharge with respect to that unit, the functions of a Commandant in regard to matters of the description referred to in that provision; (h) "criminal court" means a court of ordinary criminal justice in any part of India; (i) "deputation" means a period for which the services of a person belonging to any department of the Central Government are placed at the disposal of the Director-General;