(a)"aggrieved woman" means— (i) in relation to a workplace, a woman, of any age, whether employed or not, who alleges to have been subjected to any act of sexual harassment by the respondent; (ii) in relation to a dwelling place or house, a woman, of any age, who is employed in such dwelling place or house;
(b)"appropriate Government" means— (i) in respect of a workplace established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by the Central Government, or an authority, body or enterprise owned, controlled or funded by the Central Government, the Central Government; (ii) in respect of a workplace established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by the State Government, or an authority, body or enterprise owned, controlled or funded by the State Government, or a workplace not covered under sub-clause (i), the State Government;
(c)"Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Local Committee nominated under sub-section (1) of section 7;
(d)"District Officer" means an officer notified under section 5;
(e)"domestic worker" means a woman who is employed to do the household work in any household for remuneration whether in cash or kind, either directly or through any agency on a temporary, permanent, part-time or full-time basis, but does not include any member of the family of the employer;
(f)"employee" means a person employed at a workplace for any work on regular, temporary, ad hoc or daily wage basis, either directly or through an agent, including a contractor, with or, without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, or working on a voluntary basis or otherwise, whether the terms of employment are express or implied and includes a co-worker, a contract worker, probationer, trainee, apprentice or called by any other such name;
(g)"employer" means— (i) in relation to any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit of the appropriate Government or a local authority, the head of that department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit or such other officer as the appropriate Government may, by notification, specify; (ii) in any workplace not covered under sub-clause (i), any person responsible for the management, supervision and control of the workplace;
(h)"Internal Committee" means the Internal Complaints Committee constituted under section 4;
(i)"Local Committee" means the Local Complaints Committee constituted under section 6;
(j)"Member" means a member of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case may be;
(k)"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(l)"Presiding Officer" means the Presiding Officer of the Internal Committee nominated under sub-section (1) of section 4;
(m)"respondent" means a person against whom the aggrieved woman has made a complaint under section 9;
(n)"sexual harassment" includes any one or more of the following unwelcome acts or behaviour (whether directly or by implication), namely:— (i) physical contact and advances; or (ii) a demand or request for sexual favours; or (iii) making sexually coloured remarks; or (iv) showing pornography; or (v) any other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature;
(o)"workplace" includes— (i) any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the appropriate Government or the local authority or a Government company or a corporation or a co-operative society; (ii) any private sector organisation or a private venture, undertaking, enterprise, institution, establishment, society, trust, non-governmental organisation, unit or service provider carrying on commercial, professional, vocational, educational, entertainment, industrial, health services or financial activities; (iii) any hospital or nursing home; (iv) any sports institute, stadium, sports complex or competition or games venue; (v) any place visited by the employee arising out of or during the course of employment; (vi) a dwelling place or a house;
(p)"unorganised sector" means an enterprise owned by individuals or self-employed workers and engaged in the production or sale of goods or services and employing less than ten workers;
