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Inserted by Haryana Act 18 of 1998. The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets [Punjab Act] Act, 1961 Construction of certain references in the Act. (i) “Market” means any area including all lands with the buildings thereon, within such distance of the Principal market or sub-market yard, as may be notified in the Official Gazette by the State Government, to be a market proper; ‘(ia) “marketing” means all activities involved in the flow of agricultural produce from the production points commencing from the stage of harvest till these reach the ultimate consumers viz. grading, processing, storage, transport, channels of distribution and all other contract farming; (k) Market proper” means any area including all lands with the buildings thereon, within such distance of the Principal market or sub-market yard, as may be notified in the Official Gazette by the State Government, to be a market proper; 4[kk] “member” includes the 5(Chairman and the Chief Administrator) of the Board;)] (l) “notified market area” means any area notified under section 6; (m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (n) “principle market yard” and “sub-market yard” means an enclosure, building or locality declared to be a principle market yard and sub-market yard under section 7; 6[nn “processing” means giving a treatment or a series of treatment to an agricultural produce in order to make it fit for use or consumption and includes manufacturing 7(out) of an agricultural produce;] 1[o] “producer” means a person whose sole avocation is to produce, grow or rear agricultural produce, through tenants or otherwise. If a question arises as to whether any person is a producer or not for the purposes of this Act, the decision of the Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned shall be final: Provided that no person shall be disqualified from being a producer merely on the ground that he is a member of a Co-operative Society: provided further that a person shall be disqualified from being a producer if he subsequently obtains a licence under section 10 or section 13 of this Act. Explanation.-The term “producer” shall also include tenants. (p) 2[* * * * * * *] (q) “retail sale” means sale of agricultural produce not exceeding such quantity as may be prescribed: (r) “Secretary” means the Executive Officer of a Committee and includes an Assistant Secretary or a person officiating or acting as Secretary: (s) “trade allowance” includes an allowance having the sanction of custom in the notified market area concerned and market charges payable to various functionaries; 3[t] “transferred territory” means the territory transferred to the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh under section 5 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966 (31 of 1966)]. 4[2A] In the application of the provisions of this Act,- (1) to the State of Haryana, any reference therein to any expression mentioned in column (1) of the Table below shall be construed as a reference to the corresponding expression mentioned in column (2) of the said Table. TABLE 1 2 State Government. Punjab State or State of Punjab Except in section 1of the Act. State Agricultural Marketing Board The Government of the State of Haryana. State of Haryana. Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board.