2. Definition : Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires, in this Act;
(a) “Social Practices” means including marriage, Bratabandha, (A
solemn Hindu ceremony in which boy wears a sacred thread (janai)
in his body), Chudakarma (Hindu practices of cutting the hair of the
boy for the first time after his birth leaving a scuff of hair uncut),
Pasni ( the practices of feeding rice to a child for the first time after
his/her birth), Nwaran (practices to be observed normally after
Eleven days from the date of birth of a child in which the child is
given a formal name to address him/her), Birth day, chhaiti (The
Hindu practices to be observed in the sixth day of the birth of a
child, Bhudo-pasni (The practices to be observed in eighty four years
in age of a man/ woman) and pitri-karya ( practices to be performed
in honor of one’s deceased ancestors).
(b) “Close relative” means relatives within Four generations of father
side and mother side of such person for whom social behavior is
observed and this expression also includes family of such elder and
younger brother in whose death mourning period is observed till
Thirteen days from the date of the death; nephew, niece, grand-son
and grand-daughter of daughter side , son and daughter of the sister
of father, son and daughter of elder mother and younger mother, son-
in-law, husband of younger sister, husband of elder sister and Meet
(A formal friend).
Provided that, in case of pitri-karya close relative means the
aforesaid relatives of such person who observes pitri-karya