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Inserted by Haryana Act 28 of 1980. The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets [Punjab Act] Act, 1961 (db) “contract farming agreement” means an agreement made for contract farming between contract farming sponsor and contract farming producer; (dc) “contract farming producer” means an agriculturist, association of agriculturists, self-help group, authorised tenants of agriculturist, co-operative societies registered under the Haryana Co-operative Societies Act, 1984 (22 of 1984), and shall include the successors, heirs, executors and representatives of the party executing the agreement; (dd) “contract farming sponsor” means a person, a sole proprietor, a company registered under the Companies Act 1956 (1 of 1956), a (9 of 1932), a Government agency, a co-operative society registered under the Haryana Co-operative Societies Act, 1984 (22 of 1984), and shall include its administrators, successors, representatives and assignees; (e) “Cooperative Society” means a Co-operative Society registered or deemed to be registered under the Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1954, *3 [or any other corresponding law for the time being in force] which deals in the purchse, sale, processing or storage of agricultural produce, or is otherwise engaged in the business of disposal of agricultural produce; (f) “dealer” means any person who within the notified market area sets up, establishes or continues or allows to be continued any place for the purchase, sale, storage or processing of agricultural produce notified under sub-section (1) of section 6 or purchases, sells stores, or processes such agricultural produce; 1[g] “Director” means the Director of Marketing for the State of Punjab or the State of Haryana or the transferred territory of the Union territory of Chandigarh, as the case may be, and includes a joint Director of Marketing] (h) “Godown keeper means a person, other than a producer who stores agricultural produce for himself for sales or stores agricultural produce of others in lieu of storage charges; 2[hh] “Licensee” means a dealer to whom a licence is granted under section 10 and the rules made under this Act and includes any person who purchases or sells agricultural produce and to whom a licence is granted as Kacha Arhtia or Commission agent or otherwise but does not include a person licenced under section 13.}