Minimum Wages Act, 1948

Section - 2 - Interpretation

Interpretation.

2.In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-

[(a)- "adolescent" means a person who has completed his fourteenth year of age but has not completed his eighteenth year;
(aa)- "adult" means a person who has completed his eighteenth year of age;]
(b)- "appropriate Government" means,-
(i)- in relation to any scheduled employment carried on by or under the authority of the [Central Government, or a railway administration], or in relation to a mine, oilfield or major port, or any corporation established by [a Central Act], the Central Government, and
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