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Short tile, extent and commencement - This Act may be called the Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Limited (Merger of certain Co-operative Societies) Act, 1983. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 22nd July, 1983. 2.Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ‘Co-operative Societies Act’ means the Andhra Pradesh Co- operative Societies Act, 1964 (Act 7 of 1964); (b) ‘general body of the transferee society ;’ means the general body consisting of such number of members as may be specified by the Government by notification under section 5; (c) ‘Government’ means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh; (d) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette; and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly; (e) ‘Registrar’ means the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Andhra Pradesh and includes any other person on whom all or any of the powers of the Registrar under this Act are conferred by the Government; (f) ‘Specified day’ means the date specified by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 3; (g) ‘transfer of assets and liabilities’ means the transfer of assets and liabilities of the Andhra Pradesh State Wool Industrial Co- operative Society Limited, Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh State Textile Processing Co-operative Society Limited, Hyderabad and the Nellore District Weavers Service Co-operative Society Limited, Nellore as specified in section 3; (h) ‘transferee society’ means the Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Limited; (i) ‘transferor societies’ means the Andhra Pradesh State Wool Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh State Textile Processing Co-operative Society Limited, Hyderabad and the Nellore District Weavers Service Co-operative Society Limited, Nellore registered under the Co-operative Societies Act; (j) Act 7 of 1964. all words and expressions used in this Act and not defined, but defined in the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Society Act, 1964, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.