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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context- (1) "Bale" means a compressed buuctte of jute and includes both "Katcha" and '.'Pucca"' uales. (a.) "Katcha bale" i:neans a package containing any jute or jute cutting~ (together with any waste product or moisture, if any) pressed by pressing machine driven by manual labour or hydraulic or any power-driven machinery and commonly known in jute trade as Katcha bale and weighing up to 150 I\ilograms. (h) "Pucca bale" means a package containing any jute or jute cuttings (together with any waste product or moisture, if any) pressed by hydraulic or any power-driven machin- ery and commonly known in jute trade as Pucca bale generally weighing 185 Kilo- grams each. (2) "Baler" means a person who owns or posses- ~es a pressing machin ~ for th(f compression of jute lntb bales; ..1'(3) "Boat" means a vessel or watercraft propellecf or pulled or towed by hand or steam or -mechanica' power or any other devi~e ; ,/ (4) . "Commissioner" means the Commission~ appointed under Section 6 of this Act; ~ (5) "Dealer" means a person who owns jute in bales before it is carried by motor vehicle, cart. trol- ley, boat, animal and human agency or any other means except railways or airways and includes his agent; V-(6) "Government" means the State Government ; 'l4 (7) "Jute" means-the fibre of the plant known botanically as belonging to the GENUS CORCHO- R US, and includes all the species of tbe GENUS whe- ther known commonly as PAT. KOSTA, NALIA or by any name, and also means the plant known botani- call~ as IIlBISCUS CAUNABINUS and commonly as MESTA; ·JCS) "Kilogram" means "Kilogram" as defined in the Standard of Weights and Measures Act, 1956 ; Act 89 cf