2. Definitions.

(i) 'Act' means the Bihar Self-Supporting Co-operative Societies Act, 1996 (Bihar Act 2 of 1997);
(ii) 'Tribunal' means the Co-operative Tribunal constituted under Section 39 of the Bihar Self-Supporting Co-operative Societies Act, 1996;
(iii) 'Section' means a section of the Bihar Self-Supporting Co-operative Societies Act, 1996;
(iv) 'Appeal' means an appeal preferred to the Tribunal under the Bihar Self-Supporting Co-operative Societies Act, 1996;
(v) 'Application' means an application filed to the Tribunal under the Bihar Self-Supporting Co-operative Societies Act, 1996;
(vi) 'Chairman' means the Chairman of the Tribunal.
(vii) 'Form' means a form appended to these rules;
(viii) 'Gazette' means the Official Gazette of Bihar;
(ix) 'Party' means the appellant or applicant, as the case may be and includes his pleader or any other person on behalf of the appellant or applicant;
(x) 'Opposite Party' means respondents to an appeal or an application and shall include an authority whose orders are proposed to be taken in an appeal;
(xi) 'Respondents' means opposite party;
(xii) 'Pleader' means the pleader as defined in clause (15) of Section (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 [Central Act V of 1908];
(xiii) 'Secretary' means the person who is for the time being discharging the functions of the Secretary to the Tribunal;
(xiv) 'State Government' means the Government of Bihar;
(xv) Words and expressions used but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act and the Rules made thereunder.
Chapter II
Constitution