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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "agent", "mine" and "owner" have the meanings respectively assigned to them in Section 3 of the Indian Mines Act, 1923 (IV of 1923); (b) "Board" means the Coal Mines Stowing Board constituted under Section 3; (c) "Chief Inspector" and "Inspector" mean the persons respectively appointed to be Chief Inspector of Mines and Inspector of Mines under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Indian Mines Act, 1923 (IV of 1923), and the provisions of that Act shall apply to the Chief Inspector and to all Inspectors while exercising their powers under this Act or the rules made thereunder; (d) "fund" means the Coal Mines Stowing Fund; (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (f) "soft coke" means all coke which is unsuitable for metallurgical purposes, and "hard coke" means all coke which is not soft coke; (g) "stowing" means the operation of filling with sand or other incombustible material space left underground in a coal mine by the extraction of coal.