law: The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013
  2. Definitions.
  In this Act, unless the
  
  context otherwise requires,-
  a.   "aggrieved
  
  woman" means-
   
  
   i.   in
  
  relation to a workplace, a woman, of any age whether employed or not, who
  
  alleges to have been subjected to any act of sexual harassment by the
  
  respondent;
   
  
   ii.   in
  
  relation to a dwel1ing place or house, a woman of any age who is employed in
  
  such a dwelling place or house;
  a.  
  b.   "appropriate
  
  Government" means-
    i.   in
  
  relation to a workplace which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or
  
  substantial1y financed by funds provided directly or indirectly-
  a.   by
  
  the Central Government or the Union territory administration, the Central
  
  Government;
  b.   by
  
  the State Government, the State Government;
    ii.   in
  
  relation to any workplace not covered under sub-clause (i) and falling within
  
  its territory, the State Government;
  a.  
  
   
  b.  
  
   
  c.   "Chairperson"
  
  means the Chairperson of the Local Complaints Committee nominated under
  
  sub-section (l) of section 7;
  d.   "District
  
  Officer" means an officer notified under section 5;
  e.   "domestic
  
  worker" means a woman who is employed to do the household work in any
  
  household for remuneration whether in cash or kind, either directly or through
  
  any agency on a temporary, permanent, part time or ful1 time basis, but does
  
  not include any member of the family of the employer;
  f.   "employee"
  
  means a person employed at a workplace for any work on regular, temporary, ad
  
  hoc or daily wage basis, either directly or through an agent, including a
  
  contractor, with or, without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether
  
  for remuneration or not, or working on a voluntary basis or otherwise, whether
  
  the terms of employment are express or implied and includes a co-worker, a
  
  contract worker, probationer, trainee, apprentice or called by any other such
  
  name;
  g.   "employer"
  
  means:'-
   
  
   i.   in
  
  relation to any department, organisation, undertaking, establishment,
  
  enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit of the appropriate Government
  
  or a local authority, the head of that department, organisation, undertaking,
  
  establishment, enterprise, institution, office, branch or unit or such other
  
  officer as the appropriate Government or the local authority, as the case may
  
  be, may by an order specify in this behalf;
   
  
   ii.   in
  
  any workplace not covered under sub-clause (i), any person responsible for the
  
  management, supervision and control of the workplace.
  Explanation.-For the
  
  purposes of this sub-clause "management" includes the person or board
  
  or committee responsible for formulation and administration of polices for such
  
  organisation;
   
  
   i.  
  
   
   
  
   ii.  
  
   
   
  
   iii.   in
  
  relation to workplace covered under sub-clauses (i) and (ii), the person
  
  discharging contractual obligations with respect to his or her employees;
   
  
   iv.   in
  
  relation to a dwelling place or house, a person or a household who employs or
  
  benefits from the employment of domestic worker, irrespective of the number,
  
  time period or type of such worker employed, or the nature of the employment or
  
  activities performed by the domestic worker;
  a.  
  
   
  b.  
  
   
  c.  
  
   
  d.  
  
   
  e.  
  
   
  f.  
  
   
  g.  
  
   
  h.   "Internal
  
  Committee" means an Internal Complaints Committee constituted under
  
  section 4;
  i.   "Local
  
  Committee" means the Local Complaints Committee constituted under section
  
  6;
  j.   "Member"
  
  means a Member of the Internal Committee or the Local Committee, as the case
  
  may be;
  k.   "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  l.   "Presiding
  
  Officer" means the Presiding Officer of the Internal Complaints Committee
  
  nominated under sub-section (2) of section 4;
  m.   "respondent"
  
  means a person against whom the aggrieved woman has made a complaint under
  
  section 9;
  n.   "sexual
  
  harassment" includes any one or more of the following unwelcome acts or
  
  behaviour (whether directly or by implication) namely:-
   
  
   i.   physical
  
  contact and advances; or
   
  
   ii.   a
  
  demand or request for sexual favours; or
   
  
   iii.   making
  
  sexually coloured remarks; or
   
  
   iv.   showing
  
  pornography; or
   
  
   v.   any
  
  other unwelcome physical, verbal or non-verbal conduct of sexual nature;
  a.  
  b.  
  c.  
  d.  
  e.  
  f.  
  g.  
  h.  
  i.  
  j.  
  k.  
  l.  
  m.  
  n.  
  o.   "workplace"
  
  includes--
   
  
   i.   any
  
  department, organisation, undertaking, establishment, enterprise, institution,
  
  office, branch or unit which is established, owned, controlled or wholly or
  
  substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the
  
  appropriate Government or the local authority or a Government company or a
  
  corporation or a co-operative society;
   
  
   ii.   any
  
  private sector organisation or a private venture, undertaking, enterprise,
  
  institution, establishment, society, trust, non-governmental organisation, unit
  
  or service provider carrying on commercial, professional, vocational,
  
  educational, entertainmental, industrial, health services or financial
  
  activities including production, supply, sale, distribution or service;
   
  
   iii.   hospitals
  
  or nursing homes;
   
  
   iv.   any
  
  sports institute, stadium, sports complex or competition or games venue,
  
  whether residential or not used for training, sports or other activities
  
  relating thereto;
   
  
   v.   any
  
  place visited by the employee arising out of or during the course of employment
  
  including transportation provided by the employer for undertaking such journey;
   
  
   vi.   a
  
  dwelling place or a house;
  p.   "unorganised
  
  sector" in relation to a workplace means an enterprise owned by
  
  individuals or self-employed workers and engaged in the production or sale of
  
  goods or providing service of any kind whatsoever, and where the enterprise
  
  employs workers, the number of such workers is less than ten.