law: Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987 
  2. Definitions 
  (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise
  
  requires,-
  (a) "Code"
  
  means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;
  (b)
  
  "glorification", in relation to sati, whether such sati was committed
  
  before or after the commencement of this Act, includes, among other things,-
  (i) the observance of
  
  any ceremony or the taking out of a procession in connection with the
  
  commission of sati; or
  (ii) the supporting,
  
  justifying or propagating the practice of sati in any manner ; or
  (iii) the arranging of
  
  any function to eulogies the person who has committed sati; or
  (iv) the creation of a
  
  trust, or the collection of funds, or the construction of a temple or other
  
  structure or the carrying on of any form of worship or the performance of any
  
  ceremony thereat, with a view to perpetuate the honor of, or to preserve the
  
  memory of, a person who has committed sati;
  (c) "sati"
  
  means the act of burning or burying alive of-
  (i) any widow along
  
  with the body of her deceased husband or any other relative or with any
  
  article, object or thing associated with the husband or such relative; or
  (ii) any woman along
  
  with the body of any of her relatives, irrespective of whether such burning or
  
  burying is claimed to be voluntary on the part of the widow or the woman or
  
  otherwise ;
  (d) "  Special Court " means a 
  
   Special Court constituted under
  
  section 9 ;
  (e) "temple"
  
  includes any building or other structure, whether roofed or not, constructed or
  
  made to preserve the memory of a person in respect of whom sati has been
  
  committed or used or intended to be used for the carrying on of any forms of
  
  worship or for the observance of any ceremony in connection with such
  
  commission.
  (2) Words and expressions used but not defined
  
  in this Act and defined in the Indian Penal Code or in the Code shall have the
  
  same meanings as are respectively assigned to them in the Indian Penal Code or
  
  the Code.