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 any enemy, 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 order as a period of active duty with reference to any area in which any person or class of persons subject to this Act may be serving; (b) "battalion" means a unit of the Force constituted as a battalion by the Central Government; (c) "civil offence" means an offence which is triable by a criminal court; (d) "civil prison" means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under the Prisons Act, 1894 (9of 1894), or under any other law for the time being in force; (e) "commanding officer" means a Commandant or any officer for the time being in command of the unit or any separate portion of the Force to which such person belongs or is attached to and discharging his functions under this Act or the rules made thereunder; (f) "criminal court" means a court of ordinary criminal justice in any part of India constituted under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974); (g) "Deputy Inspector-General" and "Additional Deputy Inspector-General" mean respectively a Deputy Inspector-General and an Additional Deputy Inspector-General of the Force appointed under section 5; (h) "Director-General" and "Additional Director-General" mean respectively the Director-General and an Additional Director-General of the Force appointed under section 5; (i) "enemy" includes all mutineers, armed rebels, armed rioters, pirates, terrorists and any person in arms against whom it is the duty of any person subject to this Act to take action; (j) "enrolled person" means an under-officer or other person enrolled under this Act; - (k) "Force" means the Sashastra Seema Bal; (l) "Force Court" means a Court referred to in section76; (m) "Force custody" means the arrest or confinement of a member of the Force under section 69; (n) "Inspector-General" means the Inspector-General of the Force appointed under section 5; (o) "Judge Attorney-General", "Additional Judge Attorney-General", "Deputy Judge AttorneyGeneral" and "Judge Attorney" mean respectively the Judge Attorney-General, an Additional Judge Attorney-General, a Deputy Judge Attorney-General and a Judge Attorney of the Force appointed under sub-section (2) of section 95; ------------------------