law: Government Securities Act 2006
  2.
  
  Definitions. -
  In
  
  this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
  a.   "agent"
  
  means a scheduled bank within the meaning of clause (e) of section 2 of the
  
  Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, or any other person specified as such;
  b.   "Bank"
  
  means the Reserve Bank of India constituted under section 3 of the Reserve Bank
  
  of India Act, 1934;
  c.   "bond ledger
  
  account" means an account with the Bank or an agent in which the
  
  Government securities are held in a dematerialised form at the credit of the
  
  holder;
  d.   "constituents'
  
  subsidiary general ledger account" means a subsidiary general ledger
  
  account opened and maintained with the Bank by an agent on behalf of the
  
  constituents of such agent;
  e.   "Government",
  
  in relation to any Government security, means the Central or State Government
  
  issuing the security;
  f.   "Government
  
  security" means a security created and issued by the Government for the
  
  purpose of raising a public loan or for any other purpose as may be notified by
  
  the Government in the Official Gazette and having one of the forms mentioned in
  
  section 3;
  g.   "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by regulations made under this Act;
  h.   "promissory
  
  note" includes a treasury bill;
  i.   "specified"
  
  means specified by the Bank in the Official Gazette.