2. Definitions.- Unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Act" means the Press Council Act, 1978 (37 of 1978). (b) "Committee" means the Inquiry Committee constituted by the Council under Section 8(1) of the Act for the purpose of inquiry into complaints under Sections 13(2) and 14 (1) of the Act: (c ) "Council" means the Press Council of India constituted under the Act; (d) "Complainant" means a person or authority making a complaint to the Council regarding a newspaper, news agency, editor or other working journalist, in the case of complaints under Section 14(1) of the Act, and with regard to complaints relating to other matters, means a person making a complaint to the Council in respect of any matter which the Council has jurisdiction to entertain, examine and pronounce its views upon, and (e) "Matter" means an article, news-item, news-report, or any other matter which is published by a newspaper or transmitted by a news agency by any means whatsoever and includes a cartoon, picture, photograph' strip or advertisement which is published in a newspaper:
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