(1)
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "appropriate regulator " means any financial sector regulator specified in the First Schedule to this Act;
(b) "Authority " means the International Financial Services Centres Authority established under sub-section (1) of section 4;
(c) "financial institution " means a unit set up in an International Financial Services Centre and which is engaged in rendering financial services in respect of any financial product;
(d) "financial product " means -
(e) "financial service " means -
(f) "foreign currency " shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (m) of section 2 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (42 of 1999);
(g) "International Financial Services Centre " means an International Financial Services Centre set up, before or after the commencement of this Act, under section 18 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005);
(h) "Member " means a Member of the Authority and includes the Chairperson;
(i) "notification " means a notification published in the Official Gazette, and the expressions "notified " and "notify " shall be construed accordingly;
(j) "prescribed " means prescribed by rules made by the Central Government under this Act;
(k) "regulations " means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act.
(2)
Words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the Acts specified under column (3) of the First Schedule to this Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those Acts.