law: The Competition Act, 2002 
  35. Appearance before
  
  Commission.-
  A complainant or
  
  defendant or the Director General may either appear in person or authorise one
  
  or more chartered accountants or company secretaries or cost accountants or
  
  legal practitioners or any of his or its office s to present his or its case
  
  before the Commission.
  Explanation.-For the
  
  purposes of this section,- 
  a.  
  
    "chartered
  
  accountant" means a chartered accountant as defined in clause (b) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of
  
  1949) and who has obtained a certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 6 of that Act;
  b.  
  
    "company
  
  secretary" means a company secretary as defined in clause (c) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 (56 of 1980)
  
  and who has obtained a certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of section
  
  6 of that Act;
  a.  
  
  
  b.  
  
  
  c.  
  
    "cost
  
  accountant" means a cost accountant as defined in clause (b) of
  
  sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 (23 of
  
  1959) and who has obtained a certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 6 of that Act;
  d.  
  
  
  
    "legal
  
  practitioner" means an advocate, vakil or an attorney of any High Court,
  
  and includes a pleader in practice.