Definitions . — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— — THE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES ACT, 2005

2. Definitions . — In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) " appointed day " with reference to a Special Economic Zone means the date on which the Special Economic Zone is notified by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 4; (b) " Approval Committee " means an Approval Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 13; (c) " authorised operations " means operations which may be authorised under sub-section (2) of section 4 and sub -section (9) of section 15; (d) " Authority " means a Special Economic Zone Authority constituted under sub-section (1) of section 31; (e) " Board " means the Board of Approval constituted under sub-section (1) of section 8; (f) " Co -Developer " means a person who, or a State Government which, has been granted by the Central Government a letter of approval under sub-section (12) of section 3; (g) " Developer " means a person who, or a State Government which, has been granted by the Central Government a letter of approval under sub-section (10) of section 3 and includes an Authority and a Co -Developer; (h) " Development Commissioner " means the Development Commissioner appointed for one or more Special Economic Zones under sub-section (1) of section 11; (i) " Domestic Tariff Area " means the whole of India (including the territorial waters and continental shelf) but does not include the areas of the Special Economic Zones; (j) " entrepreneur " means a person who has been granted a letter of approval by the Development Commissioner under sub -section (9) of section 15; (k) " existing Special Economic Zone " means every Special Economic Zone which is in existence on or before the commencement of this Act;

Section 2