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tz) It shall extend to such areas of the state of Assam as may be nodffed by the srate Government in the Omcra! Gazetre from time to time, (3) It shall come into force on such datc aB the Statc Govcmment may, by notification in ttre Ollicial Gazette, appoinL L Ilefinldona - ln thls Act, unless the context otherwlse requlres, - (1) -agricultural produce'means all produce and commodities, whether processed or not, of agriculture, hofllculture, apiculture, plsc{culutr€, sericulture and llvestock as specified ln the Schedule and such produce declared by the Govemment by notification from time to time and also includes a mixture of two or more than two such commodldes. (2) 'agricllorlsf means a person who is elther an occupant of a land, or a tenant of an occupant and is engaged in the production of agricultural produce by hlmself or by hired labour or otherwlse, but does not inctude any marlet functionar]t EpLrnadoo 1: For the purposes of this Aci association of farmers, by whatever name called, registered under any law for the time being in force and engaged ln aggregation of farmer produce shall be deemed to be an agriculturist kphmdo[ 2: lf a querfion arises whether a percon is or is not an agricutturlst for the purposes ofthis Act, it shall be decided in the manner as prescrlbed, 'Board' means the Assam state Agrlculurral Marketing Board establlshed under sectiron 47 of thts Acq auyey' means a p€rron, who hlmself or on behalf of any other person buys or agres to buy any agrlcultural produoe in tbe mar.ket arca; 'byc-laws' means byrc-laws made under this Act; "Certificat€ Officer' means the offcer so defined In the Bengal Public Demandr m- Recovery Ac! 1913; rer: (s) (6) THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JULY 15, 2022 636s (8) t7) (e) (10) (11) (12) 'commission agent' meens a person who in the ordinary course of business makes or ofiers to make a purchasc or sale of an agiculhrral produce on behalf of the buyer or sellcr of sudr agricultural produce for a commission; 'co-operatlrrc markctlng soclet/ mGins a oo-operative soclety retister€d urder the &ei act Assam Co-operative Socleties Acq 19,19 and whlch has its principat obiect as e" H, prornotion of the sale of agrtcul&El produce grcwn, rcared or prcduced by its members or whlch ls declared as such or equivalent ther€to by the Stat€ Government 'dtrect mar&edng' ln rclatlon to agricultural produce, meanr dlrect wholesale purchasc of agrlcultural produce frorn agriculturlsts by proccsors, elporters, bulk buyers and others outslde the princlpd market yard or sub-market yard of a rttulaEd markcq speclal marke! private market, tocal market or an electronic m8r*etplace; 'Dlructor of Agricultural Marketing' means dre person appolnted by the State Gorrernment by nodficadon, es the Diructor of Agrlorlturd Marteting and includes any officer or officers empowercd by the Stale Govemment by nodffcation, to exercise or perform such of the powers or functlons of the Director of Agioltural Marketing under tfte provlsions of this Act or the rules or dre bye'laws made thcrcunder ar may bc specificd ln such notiffcation; 'Distrtct Councll' means a Dlstrict Councll constltuted under paratraph 2 of the Sixtt schedule to the ConsEardon of Indla; 'DellneaEd market area' meatus any area declared to be a delineated mar*et area under sectlon 5 of thls Act for the purpose of election of the Members of Market Comt tBe and undeftaking marketlng r€lated development therein; 'b<ecutirrc Officet' mcans the Executirc Offhctr to ttre market committee appointcd under section 45of thls Acq "fiarla' means a pctty dealer and includ6 an ag€nt who in conslderation of commlssion oftrs hls servlce b purchasc or sell agriculhrral prbduce 'Farmer-Producer Company (FPQ" means a company of farmer'producer ars'n ^<r members as dellnead in Pan D(A of the Indlan Companies Act,1956, tnc'luding any 2es rmendments drereto, re'enactsnent th€reof and lncorporatcd wlth the Registrar of Companies: 'Gaon Panchayaf means a panchayat BEblished under the provislons of $e ^!.r't ^'r- Assam PanchayatAct 1994; ree. 'licensc' means a license granted under tils Act llcensee'means a pcrson 6rrnted a license under this Act; 'Local Authority' means a Munidpal Corporadon, a Munlcipd Board, a Towrt Commltte€, I Zllla Parislrad, an Anchalik Panchayat or a Gaon Panchayaq 'local mar*ef means a market operated dirccdy or otherwlsg by a Lo6l Authority. 'market' means a r€gulated market established under this Acq a special market, a private marketr a farmer - comsumer market, a local markeq a dlrect market, an elecfonlc marletplace and the like; 'mark€t commlttee' means the committe€ established under secdonls of this Act; 'markedng' mcans all actlvitles lnvolved in the flow of agricultural produce from the productlon polnt commencing from th€ stage of harvest 6ll the produce reaches the ulumat€ corurumer and includes buying selling tmportin6 exporting (13) (14) (1s) (16) $n (18) (1e) (20) (21) (22) (23) 6366 THEASSAM GAZE'|TE, EXTR ORDI}{ARY, JULY 15, 2022 grading procetslnB rtoring, packaging brandlng transporting, market inbrmatbq channels of distributlon and alt other funcdons Involved ln the procgs; (24) 'market functionar5f rncans a rader, a commtsslon agenq buyer, faria, hamal, wclghmao warehouscmrn, proccssot stocklsq Eansporter and such otber person rs mey bc declar€d undcr this Act or rutes or bye-lam, to be a mrrket functionar]4 (ZS) 'market yad' means a speclfled place declared or deemed to be declared to be a marl(et ,fad under thls Act and includes a prlncipal mar*et yard and sub-market yard; t26) 'Nadonal Agriculture Market (NAM)" means an integraled markeq without prrjudice to any law for the Ume being in force, where buying and selling of notified agrlcultural pmduce lncluding livestock and activlties incidental thereto are carried out in Indla possessing marketing utillty across time and space; Qn -notsftcadon' means a nodfication published in the Ofhcial Gazene; (28) 'person' lncludes any person, association of persons, firm, partnership, joint family, company, a$ociation or body of individuals whetler lncorporated or nog (29) 'prescrlbed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (30) 'processingi means any one or more of a series of treatments reladng to powderln& crushlng cleanin& decorticadng de-husldr6, parboiliry polishin& gtnnin& pressin& curint or any odrer rnanual, mechanical, chemlcal or phpical trceErrnt to whlch the raw agricultural produce or its product is sublected to; (ift 'processor' mearu a person who undertakLs processing of any atricultural produce on his own accord or on payment of a charge; (3zl 'regulatod marrref merns a neguratcd market notifled under secdon 12 of this Acg [33) 're$ladons' means the rcgulations made by the.Board under secdon s9 of this Acg (34) 'rules'moans nrtB m.de und6 thls Acq (35) 'Schedule- means the schedute to rhis Acg (36) 'speclal markec Ereens a mar*et notified.s Buch under section 6g of this Acg (37) 'Stete' means the state ofAssam; (38) 'State Governmenf means Goyernment ofAssam; (39) 'radcr' mcans a person ordinariry engagcd in the busrness of buying and se ng of agrtcultural produce as a principal or as a duly authorised agent of on. o. _or" prlndpals and includcs a person ordinarfly engaged in the business of processing except for rhe purposes for domestic consumption; Erf,eredon: Ifa question .rlses whether a person is or rs not a $ader for the purposes of thls Act it shall bc decided in the manner as prescribed ({o) 'transportadon' means taking of the agrrcurturar produce by pushcarg bulock ca6 ' ruclq any other type ofvehictg vesser or ratlway waton rn the courEe of business hfone the salc or after the sale has taken prace in the mar*et arBa or outside, for mertsdn& tradlrg or processlng from one placc o another; (41) 'rrnspotGr, mcans a pereon who transports agrlcuttural produce; (42) 'rarehouse' means any building, structure or other protected cnclosure whldr is or may be used for the purpose of storint agricuttural producc belng goods on behalf of the depoaltors but does not rncJude cloak rooms attadrcd to hotels, rallwayr stadoru, thr prrmises of othcr publlc carricrs and ltke; (43) 'welghman' means a person whose business is ro welgh a consignment of agrlodtut?l produce fur sale; THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY JULY 15, 2022 6367 ({4) (1s) 'rvelghmenf lndudcs wtlghirg, courdrg or mGosurtn& ft.jn ^ct .Zllh Parlshad' means a Z0la Parlshad estaHishd under sub-scctlon {1) of ro. w,r o{ sccuon 64 of the Assam Panchayat Acq lg,!t.,t. 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