(1) In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires -
"account" includes - (a) a deposit account, share account or current account, by whatever name called, that is personal, corporate, charitable, resident or non-resident, (b) a deposit receipt, (c) a petty balances account, (d) a savings certificate, (e) a savings bond, (f) an amount payable to a person under an instalment savings scheme, (g) a fixed deposit, and (h) an account prescribed under section 9;
"account holder" means - (a) a person who holds an account, (b) a person who, in respect of an account, is authorised, in writing, to act as the agent of the person who holds the account, (c) a person who is authorised under a power of attorney to manage and control an account, (d) where a person who holds an account is deceased, the heirs, executors, administrators and assigns of that person, or (e) a class of person prescribed under section 9, and "holder" shall be construe
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