(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 wh ich such person is attached to , or forms part of, a unit of the Force -
(i)Which is engaged in operations against an 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 notification
in the Official Gazette as a period of active duty with re ference to any area in which any person or class
of persons subj ect to this Act may be serv ing;
(b)“battalion ” means a unit of the Force constituted as a battalion by the Cent ral Government;
(c)“Chief Law Officer ” and “Law Officer ” mean, respectively, the Chief Law officer and a Law
Officer of the Force appoi nted by the Central Government;
(d)“civil offence ” means an offence which is triable by a criminal court;
(e)“civil prison ” means any jail or place used for the detention of any criminal prisoner under th e
Prisons Act, 1894 (9 of 1894) or under any other l aw for the time being in force;
(f)“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 to discharge with respect to that unit, the
functions of a Commandant in regard to matters of the description referred to in that provision;
(g)”criminal court ” means a court of ordinary crimina l justice in any part of India;
(h)“Deputy Inspector -General ” means a Deputy Inspector General of the F orce appointed under