(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -
"company" means a company formed and registered under the Joint Stock Companies Acts, the Companies Act, 1862, the Companies (Consolidation) Act, 1908, or the Companies Act, 1963, (but does not include a company registered under any of those enactments outside the State), or a company incorporated in the State by statute or charter;
"debentures" means any debentures, debenture stock or bonds of any body corporate, incorporated in or outside the State, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the body or not;
"holding company" has the same meaning as in the Companies Act, 1963;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
"officer" in relation to a body corporate, includes a director or secretary;
"the register" means the register established and maintained under section 2 of this Act
"registered unit trust scheme" means a unit trust scheme that is registered in the register;
"the registrar" means the re