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2. Definitions.

(a) "Act" means the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (No. 39 of 1987);
(b) "Chairman" means the Executive Chairman of the State Authority, or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the District Authority, or, as the case may be, the Chairman of the Taluk Legal Services Committee;
(c) "District Authority" means the District Legal Service Authority constituted under Section 9 of the Act;
(d) "High Court Legal Services Committee" means a High Court Legal Services Committee constituted under Section 8-A of the Act;
(e) "Patron-in-Chief" means the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court;
(f) "State Authority" means the State Legal Services Authority constituted under Section 6 of the Act;
(g) "Taluk Legal Services Committee" means a Taluk Legal Services Committee constituted under Section 11-A of the Act;
(h) Words and expressions used in this scheme but not defined shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act.