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z Amendment of section 3 (XLII) “Contract Farming Agreement” means the agreement made for contract farming between Contract Farming Sponsor and Contract Farming Producer; (XLIII) “Hamal” means a labourer or coolie engaged for loading, unloading, filling, stitching, emptying or carrying any agricultural produce in the notified market area; (XLIV) “Private Market Yard” means such place other than the principal market yard I sub-market yard in the market area whe, infrastructure has been developed and managed by a person or a group of persons or a body corporate other than the Market Committee, for marketing of specified agricultural produce holding a registration for the purposes of this Act; “(XLV) “Processing” means any one or more of a series of treatment relating to powdering, crushing, decorticating, dehusking, parboiling, polishing, ginning, pressing, curing or any other manual, mechanical, chemical or physical treatment to which raw agricultural produce or its product is subjected to; (XLVI) “Processor” means a person or a group of persons who undertake processing of any specified agricultural produce on his own accord or on payment of a charge; (XLVII) “registration” means registration made under this Act; (XLVIII) “transportation” means taking of agricultural produce by pushcart, bullock-cart, truck, any other type of vehicle or railway wagon in course of business before sale or after the sale has taken place in the market area or outside, for marketing, trading or processing from one place to another; (XLIX) “transporter” means a person who transports or a body of persons who transport agricultural produce; (L) “Market Functionary” means a trader, a commission agent, buyer, Hamal, Processor, a stockist, a transporter and such other person as may be declared, under the rules or bye-laws, to be market functionary; (LI) “value addition” means processing, grading, packaging or other activities due to which value is added to agricultural produce; (LII) “Deputy Commissioner” means the Principal revenue officer of the district; (LIII) “Secretary” with reference to the Government means the official head of the concerned department in the Government and includes a Principal Secretary or a Commissioner and Secretary.” 3.(1) In the principal Act, in section 3,- (i) in sub-section (1), in clause (b), the word “ of Assam” shall be omitted; 80 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JANUARY 20, 2007 (ii) in sub-section (12), in clause (a), in the second proviso,- (a) in the first line, between the words, “prejudice to the ” and “rule making power”, the word “generality” shall be inserted; (b) in the first line, between the words “employees of the” and “Market Committees”, the word “Board and” shall be inserted; (c) after the existing provision, full stop (.) shall be omitted and thereafter the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :- “Provided also that the approval as required under the aforesaid proviso, if not received within a period of ninety days from the date of seeking thereof, shall be deemed to have been approved on the expiry of the said period”. Insertion of new section 3J