2. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires-
“child” means a person under the age of eighteen years;
“Court” means a member of a District Court of competent jurisdiction;
“Director”-
(a) where the child concerned professes the Christian faith, means the Greek Chief Welfare Officer and includes his duly authorized agent; and
(b) where the child concerned professes the Moslem faith, means the Turkish Chief Welfare Officer and includes his duly authorized agent;
“guardian” means a person appointed by a will or by order of a Court of competent jurisdiction to be guardian of a child;
“hospital” means any institution for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from illness or mental defectiveness, any maternity home, and any institution for the reception and treatment of persons during convalescence or persons requiring medical rehabilitation, and includes clinics, dispensaries and out-patient departments maintained in connection with any such institution or home as aforesaid, and “hospital accommodation” shall be construed accordingly;
“parent”-
in relation to a child adopted in pursuance of any enactment, means the person or persons by whom he was adopted, to the exclusion of his natural parents;
in relation to a child who is illegitimate, means his mother, to the exclusion of his father;
“place of safety” means any remand home, work-house, or police station, or any hospital, surgery, or any other place approved by the Director, the occupier of which is willing temporarily to receive a child;
“public place” has the meaning assigned to it by section 4 of the Criminal Code or by any Law amending or substituted for the same;
“relative” means a grand-parent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, and in case of an illegitimate child, a person who would be so related if the child were legitimate.