Section 2. In pursuance of the recommendations of the said Commission and the deliberations made in the tripart

2. In pursuance of the recommendations of the said Commission and the deliberations made in the tripartite meeting comprising of the Government, employers' and industry representatives, it has been decided to bring the proposed legislation. The proposed legislation intends to amalgamate, simplify and rationalise the relevant provisions of the following four central labour enactments relating to wages, namely:— (a) the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; - (b) the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; - (c) the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and - (d) the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976. 2. Definitions.— In this Code, unless the context otherwise requires, — (a) "accounting year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April; (b) "Advisory Board" means the Central Advisory Board or, as the case may be, the State Advisory Board, constituted under section 42; (c) "agricultural income tax law" means any law for the time being in force relating to the levy of tax on agricultural income; (d) "appropriate Government" means, — (i) in relation to, an establishment carried on by or under the authority of the Central Government or the establishment of railways, mines, oil field, major ports, air transport service, telecommunication, banking and insurance company or a corporation or other authority established by a Central Act or a central public sector undertaking or subsidiary companies set up by central public sector undertakings or autonomous bodies owned or controlled by the Central Government, including establishment of contractors for the purposes of such establishment, corporation or other authority, central public sector undertakings, subsidiary companies or autonomous bodies, as the case may be, the Central Government; (ii) in relation to any other establishment, the State Government; (e) "company" means a company as defined in clause (20) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013); (f) "contractor", in relation to an establishment, means a person, who — (i) undertakes to produce a given result for the establishment, other than a mere supply of goods or articles of manufacture to such establishment, through contract labour; or