| (a) | - | "employer" means any person who maintains a provident fund for the benefit of his or its employees, being- |
| (i) | - | a Hindu undivided family, company, firm or other association of persons, or |
| (ii) | - | an individual engaged in a business or profession the profits and gains whereof are assessable to income-tax under the head "Profits and gains of business or profession"; |