DEBTS RECOVERY TRIBUNAL (PROCEDURE) RULES, 19931 1. Short title and commencement (1) These rules may be called the Debts Recovery Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1993. (2) They shall come into force on the date1 of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “agent” means a person duly authorised by a party to present application or to give reply on its behalf before the Tribunal; (b) “applicant” means a person making an application to the Tribunal under section 19; (c) “application” means an application made to the Tribunal under section 19; (d) “legal practitioner” shall have the same meaning as it is assigned to it in the Advocates Act, 1961 (25 of 1961); (e) “Ordinance” means the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions 2 [Act, 1993 (51 of 1993) (hereinafter referred to as the Act)]; (f) “Presiding Officer” means the Presiding Officer of a Tribunal; (g) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Tribunal; (h) “Registry” means the Registry of the Tribunal.