Section 2. Items after 7 were added from time to time by notifications under s. 8(3) of the Act

2. Items after 7 were added from time to time by notifications under s. 8(3) of the Act. 3. Entry "15. The Punjab University." omitted by the A.O. 1948. 2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) "compulsory deposit" means a subscription to, or deposit in, a Provident Fund which, under the rules of the Fund, is not, until the happening of some specified contingency, repayable on demand otherwise than for the purpose of the payment of, premia in respect of a policy of life insurance,[5] [or the payment of subscriptions or premia in respect of a family pension fund], and includes any contribution[6] * and any interest or increment which has accrued under the rules of the fund on any such subscription, deposit or contribution, and also any such subscription, deposit, contribution, interest or increment remaining to the credit of the subscriber or depositor after the happening of any such contingency; (b) "contribution" means any amount credited in a Provident Fund, by[7] [any authority administering the Fund], by way of addition to,[8] [a subscription to, or deposit or balance at the credit of an individual account in,] the Fund; and "contributory Provident Fund" means a Provident Fund the rules of which provide for the crediting of contributions; (c) "dependant" means any of the following relatives of[-] a deceased subscriber to, or a depositor in, a Provident Fund, namely, a wife, husband, parent, child, minor brother, unmarried sister and a deceased son's widow and child, and, where no parent of the subscriber or depositor is alive, a paternal grand-parent; (d) "Government Provident Fund" means a Provident Fund, other than a Railway Provident Fund, constituted by the authority of[9] [the Secretary of State, the Central Government, the Crown Representative or any State Government] for any class or 1. This Act has been declared to be in force in—the district of Khondmals by Regulation 4 of 1936, s. 3 and Sch.; and the district of Angul by Regulation 5 of 1936, s. 3 and Sch., also partially extended to Berar by C.P. and Berar Act 4 of 1941; amended partially in U.P. by U.P. Act 19 of 1953. The Act has been extended to Goa, Daman and Diu by Regulation 12 of 1962, s. 3 and Sch.; to Pondicherry (w.e.f. 1-101963) by Regulation 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. I, to Dadra and Nagar Haveli (w.e.f. 1-7-1965) by Regulation 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch.I and to Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands (w.e.f. 1-10-1967) by Regulation 8 of 1965, s. 3 and Sch. 2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1851, s. 3 and Schedule, for "except Part B States". 3. The words "including British Baluchistan" omitted by the A.O. 1948.