Section 2. Definitions

CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY 1 . Short title, extent and commencement. —(1) This Act may be called the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 2013. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date[1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. 2. Definitions .—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Authority" means the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 3; (b) "central recordkeeping agency" means an agency registered under section 27 to perform the functions of recordkeeping, accounting, administration and customer service for subscribers to schemes; (c) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority; (d) "document" shall include any matter written, expressed or described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of those means, in printed or in electronic version, which is intended to be used, or which may be used, by the Interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, or Authority or an intermediary or any other entity connected with the National Pension System, for the purpose of recording that matter; (e) "individual pension account" means an account of a subscriber, executed by a contract setting out the terms and conditions under the National Pension System; (f) "Interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority" means the Interim Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority set up by the Central Government through Resolutions No. F. No. 5/7/2003-ECB&PR, dated the 10th October, 2003 and F. No. 1(6)/2007-PR, dated the 14th November, 2008; (g) "intermediary" includes pension fund, central recordkeeping agency, National Pension System Trust, pension fund adviser, retirement adviser, point of presence and such other person or entity connected with collection, management, recordkeeping and distribution of accumulations;