| 2(a) |
Act |
"Act" means the Working Journalists (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955 (45 of 1955) |
| 2(b) |
Authorised Medical Practitioner |
Authorised Medical Practitioner means a registered medical practitioner designated as such under Rule 24 and where no such practitioner has been designated, any registered medical practitioner |
| 2(c) |
Average Pay |
Average Pay shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947) |
| 2(d) |
Competent Officer |
Competent Officer means an officer designated as such under Rule 17 |
| 2(e) |
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| 2(f) |
Form |
Form means a form appended to these rules |
| 2(g) |
Leave |
Leave means earned leave, leave on medical certificate, maternity leave, extraordinary leave, leave not due, casual leave, study leave or quarantine leave |
| 2(h) |
Earned Leave |
Earned Leave means leave admissible under Clause (a) of Section 7 of the act |
| 2(i) |
Leave on Medical Cerificate |
Leave on Medical Cerificate means leave admissible under Clause (b) of Section 7 of the act |
| 2(j) |
Leave Not Dueh |
Leave Not Due means leave which is not due to a working journalist but which may be granted to him in anticipation of it being earned subsequently |
| 2(k) |
Quarantine Leavee |
Quarantine Leave means leave of absence from duty by reason of the presence of an infectious disease in the family or household of a working journalist |
| 2(l) |
Study Leave |
Study Leave means leave granted to a working journalist to enable him to undergo any special course of training which may be of use to him in his journalistic career |
| 2(m) |
Shifts |
Shifts: Day shift means a shift when any hours of work of the shift do not fall between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.; night shift means a shift when any hours of work fall between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. |