(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;