In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) ‘aggregator’ means a person, who owns and manages an electronic platform, and

by means of the application and a communication device, enables a potential customer

to connect with the persons providing service of a particular kind under the brand name

or trade name of the said aggregator;

(b) ‘brand name or trade name’ means, a brand name or a trade name, whether

registered or not, that is to say, a name or a mark, such as an invented word or writing,

or a symbol, monogram, logo, label, signature, which is used for the purpose of

indicating, or so as to indicate a connection, in the course of trade, between a service

and some other person using the name or mark with or without any indication of the

identity of that person;

(c) ‘branded Services’ means services which are supplied by an electronic commerce

operator under its own brand name or trade name, whether registered or not;

(d) ‘electronic commerce’ shall mean the supply or receipt of goods and / or services,

or transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet, by

using any of the applications that rely on the internet, like but not limited to e-mail,

instant messaging, shopping carts, Web services, Universal Description, Discovery and

Integration (UDDI), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), and Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),

whether or not the payment is conducted online and whether or not the ultimate delivery

of the goods and/or services is done by the operator;

(e) ‘electronic commerce operator’ shall include every person who, directly or

indirectly, owns, operates or manages an electronic platform that is engaged in

facilitating the supply of any goods and/or services or in providing any information or

any other services incidental to or in connection there with but shall not include persons

engaged in supply of such goods and/or services on their own behalf.