2. Definition.

{
    "act_title": "Family Courts (Patna High Court) Rules, 2000",
    "act_slug": "family-courts-patna-high-court-rules-2000",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "2",
        "title": "2. Definition.",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "(a) 'Act' means the Family Courts Act, 1984.\n(b) 'Centre' means a counselling centre and includes office of any association of counsellors.\n(c) 'Court' means the Family Court established under Section 3 of the Act\n(d) 'Petition' includes application under Chapter IX of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 unless the context otherwise requires.\n(e) 'Principal Counsellor' means Principal Counsellor appointed by the High Court and, where Principal Counsellor is not appointed includes Counsellor or Counsellors as the case may be.\n(f) 'Rules' means the Rules framed by the Government of Bihar in consultation with the High Court under Section 23 read with Section 5 and 6 of the Family Courts Act, 1984.\n(g) Words and expression used but not defined in these Rules shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Family Courts Act, 1984 or the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, as the case may be.",
        "footnote": "",
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        "sort_order": 1
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