law: Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 
  
  2. Definitions.-
  (1)
  
  In this act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
  (a) "armed forces" means the naval, military and air forces
  
  and includes any other armed forces of the union;
  (b) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the commission or
  
  of the State Commission as the case may be;
  (c) "Commission" means the National Human Rights Commission
  
  constituted under section 3;
  (d) "Human Rights" means the rights relating to life, liberty, equality 
  
  and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in the 
  
  International Covenants and enforceable by courts in India;
  (e) Human Rights Court" means the Human Rights Court specified
  
  under section 30;
  (f) "International Covenants" means the International Covenant
  
  on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social
  
  and Cultural Rights adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on
  
  the 16th December, 1966;
  (g) "Member" means a Member of the commission or of the State
  
  Commission, as the case may be, and includes the Chairperson;
  (h) "National Commission for Minorities" means the National
  
  Commission for Minorities constituted under section 3 of the National
  
  Commission for Minorities act, 1992 (19 of 1992.);
  (i) "National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and scheduled
  
  Tribes" means the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes and
  
  scheduled Tribes referred to in article 338 of the Constitution;
  (j) "National Commission for Women" means the National
  
  commission for Women constituted under section 3 of the National Commission for
  
  women Act, 1990 (20 of 1990.);
  (k) "notification" means a notification published in the
  
  Official Gazette;
  (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this
  
  Act;
  (m) "public servant" shall have the meaning assigned to it in
  
  section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860.);.
  (n) "State Commission" means a State Human Rights Commission
  
  constricted under section 21.
  (2)
  
  Any reference in this act to a law, which is not in force in the State of Jammu
  
  and Kashmir, shall in relation to that state, be construed as a reference to a
  
  corresponding law, if any, in force in that State.