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Haj Committee Act,2002

Act No : 35


Section : Definitions.

2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ''bye-laws'' means the bye-laws made under section 45; (b) ''Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Officer'' means the Chief Executive Officer of the Committee or the Executive Officer of the State Committee appointed under sub-section (1) of section 16 or sub-section (1) of section 29, as the case may be (c) ''Committee'' means the Haj Committee of India constituted under section 3; (d) ''member'' means a member of the Haj Committee of India nominated under section 4 or of a State Haj Committee nominated under section 18, as the case may be, and includes the Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson; (e) ''notification'' means a notification published in the Gazette of India or the Official Gazette of a State, as the case may be; (f) ''pilgrim'' means a Muslim proceeding to, or returning from, Haj; (g) ''prescribed'' means prescribed by rules made under section 44 by the Central Government or, as the case may be, under section 47 by the State Government; (h) ''State Committee'' means a State Haj Committee constituted under section 18 and includes Joint State Committee; (i) ''State Government'', in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator of that Union territory appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution.