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Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 1 [(a) “adventure sports operator” means a person operating adventure sports, such as, aero sports, go-carting, bungy jumping, wind surfing, paragliding, hot air balloon etc.;] 2 [(aa) “boat” includes a house-boat, motor-boat, motor launch, pedal boat, sailing boat 3[parasailing and canoe]; 4 [(aaa) “beach shack” means a purely temporary stall on such material, size and design and for such activities on the beach as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify;] (b) “certificate” means a certificate of registration issued under any of the provisions of this Act; 5 [(bb) “chair” means chair made up of wood/steel/plastic or standard size;] 6 [(c) “dealer” means a person carrying on in a tourist area the business of selling any notified articles, whether wholesale or retail, and whose stocks/turnover of the said notified articles exceeds 50% of their total stocks/turnover, and includes his agent -2- or employee transacting business on his behalf;] 7 [(cc) “deckbed” means bed made up of wood/steel/plastic, of size 6‘ x 3‘ , with or without mattress;] (d) “Government” means the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu; (e) “hotel” includes any premises or part of premises including a house-boat, restaurant, bar or a tent where lodging with or without board or any kind of eatables or beverages is provided for a monetary consideration; (f) “hotel-keeper” includes any person who owns or operates a hotel as proprietor and includes a person managing or operating the affairs of a hotel for and on behalf of the proprietor; (g) “malpractice” includes cheating, touting, impersonation, obstruction in allowing free choice for shopping or stay or travel management, charging a price higher than that displayed on the label or remuneration higher than that fixed under this Act, failure to display price label on the articles,8[ operation of water sports by a water sports operator without Certificate of Registration or without safety equipment on the vessel, charging of more fees by the tourist taxi operator than the one specified for the purpose] failure to give cash memos and wilful failure to execute an order within the stipulated time and according to the terms agreed. Explanation 1.— For the purposes of this clause, labelled price (the price displayed on the label on the article) shall be the reasonable price as may be fixed by the prescribed authority. 9 [Explanation 2.— The expression “touting” means coercing for shopping, accommodation, transportation, sightseeing or pestering for any particular premises, person, establishment, manufacturer, vending , hawking, massaging on the beach or any other service connected with tourism with consideration of personal benefit;] (h) “notified article‘ means any article notified by the Government in the Official Gazette for the purposes of this Act; (i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (j) “prescribed authority” means the authority notified as such by the Government, provided that different authorities may be notified for different provisions of this Act; 10 [(jj) “spice plantation” means a place where tourists visit and can get first hand information and view of spice plants/ /trees on payment of monetary consideration. (jjj) “tourist taxi operator” means a person or firm operating motor vehicles for tourists on rental basis and for which permission has been granted by the Transport Department]. (k) “tourist area” means any area notified by the Government in the Official Gazette to be a tourist area for the purposes of this Act; 11 [(kk) “tourist season with reference to shack” means the period commencing on the first day of October or the calendar year and ending on the fifteenth day of June of the following calendar year;] 12 [(kkk) “tour operator” means a person or a firm operating or conducting sight seeing or individual tours to the tourists for which licence has been issued by the Transport Department] (l) “tourist” means a person or group of persons, including pilgrims, visiting the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu from any part of India or outside India; (m) “travel agent” means a person engaged in the business of making travel, -3- camping, tour operating or other travel arrangements for tourists for a monetary consideration and includes a tourist guide, excursion agent, tent and camping agent or tour operator; (n) “travel arrangements” include — (a) arrangements for transportation, sight seeing; (b) arrangements for lodging with or without food; and (c) rendering other services, such as assistance for game, sports or receipt or despatch of personal belongings of a tourist. 13 [(nn) “water sports operator” means a person operating boats/parasailing/ /jetskii/kayaking/canoeing/rafting/scuba diving, etc., to tourists and includes water sports equipment dealer.] 14 [(o) “umbrella” means umbrella made up of wood/steel pole with nylon or cotton cloth top.] CHAPTER II Registration of Dealers