Definitions.

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Summary

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 1[(a) "agency or agent", in relation to a Security Guard, means an individual or body of individuals or a body corporate, who or which employees Security Guards in his or its employment on wages and undertakes to execute any security work or watch and ward work on contract, for any factory or establishment by engaging the Security Guards in his or its employment, but does not include a sub-agency or sub-agent or the Board ;] (1-a) "Advisory Committee" means Committee constituted under section 15 ; (2) "Board" means a Board established under this Act ; 2[(3) "employer", in relation to a Security Guard in the direct employment of an agency or agent and deployed in a factory or establishment through such agency or agent, means such agency or agent ;] 3[(4) "establishment" means an establishment as defined in clause (4) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (Mah. LXI of 2017);] (5) "factory" means a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (LXIII of 1948); (6) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed under section 16 ; (7) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; 4[(8) "principal employer", in relation to any class or classes of Security Guards deployed in a factory or establishment by the agency or agent or Board, means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory or establishment and includes any other person to whom the affairs of such factory or establishment are entrusted whether such person is called Authorised Representative, Manager or by any other name prevailing in the factory or establishment ;] (9) "Scheme" means a Scheme made under this Act ; 5[(10) "Security Guard" or "Private Security Guard" means a person who is engaged through any agency or agent of Board to do security work or watch and ward work in any factory or establishment but does not include the members of any principal employer's family or any person who is a direct employee of the principal employer ;] (11) "wages" means all remunerations expressed in terms of money or capable of being so expressed, which would, if the terms of contract of employment express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to a Security Guard in respect of security work or watch and ward work done in any factory or establishment, but, does not include- (i) the value of any house accommodation, supply of light, water, medical attendance, or any other amenity or any service excluded from the computation of wages by general or special order of the State Government ; (ii) any contribution paid by the employer 6[or the principal employer, as the case may be] to any pension fund or provident fund or under any scheme of social insurance and the interest which may have accrued thereon ; (iii) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession ; (iv) any sum paid to the Security Guard to defray special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment ; or (v) any gratuity payable on discharge.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 1[(a) "agency or agent", in relation to a Security Guard, means an individual or body of individuals or a body corporate, who or which employees Security Guards in his or its employment on wages and undertakes to execute any security work or watch and ward work on contract, for any factory or establishment by engaging the Security Guards in his or its employment, but does not include a sub-agency or sub-agent or the Board ;] (1-a) "Advisory Committee" means Committee constituted under section 15 ; (2) "Board" means a Board established under this Act ; 2[(3) "employer", in relation to a Security Guard in the direct employment of an agency or agent and deployed in a factory or establishment through such agency or agent, means such agency or agent ;] 3[(4) "establishment" means an establishment as defined in clause (4) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2017 (Mah. LXI of 2017);] (5) "factory" means a factory as defined in clause (m) of section 2 of the Factories Act, 1948 (LXIII of 1948); (6) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed under section 16 ; (7) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; 4[(8) "principal employer", in relation to any class or classes of Security Guards deployed in a factory or establishment by the agency or agent or Board, means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory or establishment and includes any other person to whom the affairs of such factory or establishment are entrusted whether such person is called Authorised Representative, Manager or by any other name prevailing in the factory or establishment ;] (9) "Scheme" means a Scheme made under this Act ; 5[(10) "Security Guard" or "Private Security Guard" means a person who is engaged through any agency or agent of Board to do security work or watch and ward work in any factory or establishment but does not include the members of any principal employer's family or any person who is a direct employee of the principal employer ;] (11) "wages" means all remunerations expressed in terms of money or capable of being so expressed, which would, if the terms of contract of employment express or implied, were fulfilled, be payable to a Security Guard in respect of security work or watch and ward work done in any factory or establishment, but, does not include- (i) the value of any house accommodation, supply of light, water, medical attendance, or any other amenity or any service excluded from the computation of wages by general or special order of the State Government ; (ii) any contribution paid by the employer 6[or the principal employer, as the case may be] to any pension fund or provident fund or under any scheme of social insurance and the interest which may have accrued thereon ; (iii) any travelling allowance or the value of any travelling concession ; (iv) any sum paid to the Security Guard to defray special expenses entailed on him by the nature of his employment ; or (v) any gratuity payable on discharge.

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