(1)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) "atrocity " means an offence punishable under section 3;

(b) "Code " means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974);

(i) a refusal to deal with, work for hire or do business with other person; or

(ii) to deny opportunities including access to services or contractual opportunities for rendering service for consideration; or

(iii) to refuse to do anything on the terms on which things would be commonly done in the ordinary course of business; or

(iv) to abstain from the professional or business relations that one would maintain with other person;

(c) "Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes " shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively under clause (24) and clause (25) of article 366 of the Constitution;

(d) "Special Court " means a Court of Session specified as a Special Court in section 14;

(e) "Special Public Prosecutor " means a Public Prosecutor specified as a Special Public Prosecutor or an advocate referred to in section 15;

(f) the words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) or the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), as the case may be, shall be deemed to have the meanings respectively assigned to them in those enactments.

(2)

Any reference in this Act to any enactment or any provision thereof shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law, if any, in force in that area.