(a) "acquisition " means, directly or indirectly, acquiring or agreeing to acquire -

(b) "agreement " includes any arrangement or understanding or action in concert,-

(c) "cartel " includes an association of producers, sellers, distributors, traders or service providers who, by agreement amongst themselves, limit, control or attempt to control the production, distribution, sale or price of, or, trade in goods or provision of services;

(d) "Chairperson " means the Chairperson of the Commission appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8;

(e) "Commission " means the Competition Commission of India established under sub-section (1) of section 7;

(f) "consumer " means any person who-

(g) "Director General " means the Director General appointed under sub-section (1) of section 16 and includes any Additional, Joint, Deputy or Assistant Directors General appointed under that section;

(h) "enterprise " means [a person or a department of the Government, including units, divisions, subsidiaries, who or which is, or has been, engaged in any economic activity, relating to the production, storage, supply, distribution, acquisition or control of articles or goods, or the provision of services, of any kind, or in investment, or in the business of acquiring, holding, underwriting or dealing with shares, debentures or other securities of any other body corporate, either directly or through one or more of its units or divisions or subsidiaries, but does not include any activity of the Government relatable to the sovereign functions of the Government including all activities carried on by the departments of the Central Government dealing with atomic energy, currency, defence and space;]

(a) "activity " includes profession or occupation;

(b) "article " includes a new article and "service " includes a new service;

(c) "unit " or "division ", in relation to an enterprise, includes-

(j) "Member " means a Member of the Commission appointed under sub-section (1) of section 8 and includes the Chairperson;

(k) "notification " means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(l) "person " includes-

(m) "practice " includes any practice relating to the carrying on of any trade by a person or an enterprise;

(n) "prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(o) "price ", in relation to the sale of any goods or to the performance of any services, includes every valuable consideration, whether direct or indirect, or deferred, and includes any consideration which in effect relates to the sale of any goods or to the performance of any services although ostensibly relating to any other matter or thing;

(q) "regulations " means the regulations made by the Commission under section 64;

(r) "relevant market " means the market which may be determined by the Commission with reference to the relevant product market or the relevant geographic market or with reference to both the markets;

(s) "relevant geographic market " means a market comprising the area in which the conditions of competition for supply of goods or provision of services or demand of goods or services are distinctly homogeneous and can be distinguished from the conditions prevailing in the neighbouring areas;

(i) which are regarded as inter-changeable or substitutable by the consumer, by reason of characteristics of the products or services, their prices and intended use; or

(ii) the production or supply of, which are regarded as interchangeable or substitutable by the supplier, by reason of the ease of switching production between such products and services and marketing them in the short term without incurring significant additional costs or risks in response to small and permanent changes in relative prices;]

(u) "service " means service of any description which is made available to potential users and includes the provision of services in connection with business of any industrial or commercial matters such as banking, communication, education, financing, insurance, chit funds, real estate, transport, storage, material treatment, processing, supply of electrical or other energy, boarding, lodging, entertainment, amusement, construction, repair, conveying of news or information and advertising;

(v) "shares " means shares in the share capital of a company carrying voting rights and includes -

(i) any security which entitles the holder to receive shares with voting rights;

(ii) stock except where a distinction between stock and share is expressed or implied;

(w) "statutory authority " means any authority, board, corporation, council, institute, university or any other body corporate, established by or under any Central, State or Provincial Act for the purposes of regulating production or supply of goods or provision of any services or markets therefor or any matter connected therewith or incidental thereto;

(x) "trade " means any trade, business, industry, profession or occupation relating to the production, supply, distribution, storage or control of goods and includes the provision of any services;

(y) "turnover " includes value of sale of goods or services;

(z) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in [the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013)] shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.