Section 48: Interpretation.

In this Act-
"armed forces" means the army, navy and air force of Nigeria;
"building" includes fixtures, and any plant, machinery and office furniture supplied or to be supplied under any contract, and whether or not affixed or intended to be affixed to the land;
"Corporation" means the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria established under this Act;
"explosives" includes grenades, bombs, slurry, jelly, anmonium nitrate etc;
"Institute" means DICON Technology, Research and Development Institute (DTRI);
"materiel" includes any armament, ammunition and equipment;
"Minister" means the Federal Minister charged with responsibility for defence;
"ordnance factories" means public establishment for the manufacture, storage and disposal of ordnance and ancillary stores and materiel intended for or capable of being used by the armed forces, and includes the manufacture of any other thing that may be approved under this Act;
"security agencies" include, Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Customs Service, Nigerian Immigration Service, State Security Service, Nigeria Correctional Service, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, and Defence Intelligence Agency;
"President" means the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
"service accoutrements" includes textile and ancillary materiel used by the armed forces and other security agencies;
"special purpose goods" means any object of armament, ammunition, mechanical, electrical equipment or other military hardware needed by the Armed Forces or Police Forces as well as other security agencies; and
"subsidiaries" means factories under the Corporation in which the Corporation has core investment.