Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) In this Act, unless there is anything repug nant in the subject or context S (i) “Agricultural Produce” means and includes any produce whether processed or non-processed of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, pisciculture, sericulture and forest as specified in the Schedule ; (ii) “ Agriculturist” means a person who ordinarily by himself or who by his tenants or hired labour or otherwise is engaged in the produc tion of agricultural produce but does not in clude a dealer or broker in agricultural produce although such a dealer or broker may also be engaged in the production or growth of agri cultural produce; 2 (ill) “ Gaon Panchayat” means a Panchayat esta- blished under Section 4 of the Assam Panchayati 0 " ' Raj Act, 1972 ; (iv) “Board” means the State Agricultural Market ing Board constituted under Section 3 ; (v) “ Broker” means an agent, whose ordinary course of business is to negotiate and make contracts for the purchase or sale of agricultural produce on behalf of his principal and who is remunerated by commission; but does not include the servant of such principal whether engaged in negotiating or making such contracts; (vi) “Bye-laws” means bye-laws made under Section 50 ; (vii) “ Certificate Officer” means the officer so Bengal Act n defined in the Bengal Public Demands Recovery 11 of 1913 Act, 1913; fviii) “ Commission Agent” means a person who on behalf of another person and in consi deration of commission makes or offers to make purchase or sale of agricultural produce or does or offers to do anything necessary for completing and carrying out such purchase or sale ; (ix) ‘Co-operative Bank” means the Assam Act I of Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd., registered