2. Definition - 
     In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires - 
           (a)       Act means the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956; 
          1[(aa)  authorized officer means an officer authorized by the Central  Government under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of Section 8]; 
         2[(aaa) company means a company as defined in Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), and includes a foreign company within the meaning of Section 591 of that Act]; 
           (b)   form means a form appended to these rules; 
          (c)    notified authority  means the authority specified under sub-section (1) of Section 7; 
          3[(cc)   prescribed authority  means the authority empowered by the Central Government under 4[sub-section (2) of Section 9], or the authority prescribed by a State Government under clause (e) of sub-                          section (4) of section 13, as the case may be]; 
            (d)      Section means a section of the Act; 
             5[(dd)    * * *]; 
             (e)     warehouse means any enclosure, building or vessel in which a dealer keeps a stock of goods for sale. 
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 1.      Inserted vide SRO 896 dated 23.9.1958 (w.e.f.1.10.1958) 
 2.      GSR 26(E) dated 1.2.1974 Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, dated 1.10.1958. 
 3.      Inserted vide SRO 896 dated 23.9.1958 (w.e.f.1.10.1958) 
 4.      Substituted vide GSR 56(E) dated 9.2.1973 (w.e.f.1.4.1973) 
5.      Rule 2(dd) was omitted by GSR 56(E) dated 9.2.1973 
  
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