In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
- “instrument” includes every document by which any right or liability is, or purports to be, created, transferred, modified, limited, extended, suspended, extinguished or recorded;
- “legal practitioner” means an advocate entered in any roll under the provisions of the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 1961);
- “notary” means a person appointed as such under this Act:
- “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
- “Register” means a Register of Notaries maintained by the Government under section 4;
- “State Government”, in relation to a Union territory means the administrator thereof.