Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) In the principal Act, in section 2, in sub-section ( I ),- (i) for clause (xi), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(xi) “Director” means an officer, not below the rank of Additional Secretary to the Government of Assam, having sufficient experience in the administration of the State, appointed by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, as Director to discharge all or any of the functions of the Director under the Act and includes any officer empowered by the State Government by notification to exercise and perform all or any of the functions of the Director under the Act;” (ii) In clause (xxvi), for the word “and”, occurring in between the words “means” and “enclosure”, the word “an” shall be substituted and for the word ‘respectively’, the following shall be substituted, namely :- “under section 6”; (iii) after clause (XL), the following new clauses shall he inserted, namely (XLI) “Contract Farming” means farming by a person or a group of persons, called Contract Farming Producer under a written agreement with another person called. Contract Farming Sponsor to the effect that his farm produce shall be purchased as specified in the agreement. Explanation:- “Contract Farming Producer” means an individual agriculturist or association of agriculturists, by whatever name called, registered under any law for the time being in force; THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 20, 2007