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Definitions.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “cigarette” and “beedi ” includes,- (i) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any other substance not containing tobacco; or (ii) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, which, by reason of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filter, or by its packaging and lebeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by consumers as cigarette or beedi; (b) "prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (c) “sale” with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means any transfer of property in Goods by one person to another, whether for cash or on credit, or by way of exchange, and whether wholesale, or retail, and includes an agreement for sale, offer for sale or exposure for sale; (d) “premises” means any location or vessel where any form of retail business specified in this Act or storage or retail sale of any article of cigarettes and other tobacco products is done; (e) “person” means any natural person, partnership, co- operative association, corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other legal entity; (f) “tobacco products” means the products specified in the Schedule appended to the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply, and Distribution) Act, 2003; (g) “registration” means the registration granted under section 5 of this Act; and (h) “Registering Authority” means such authority as the State Government may, by notification, designate. (2) The words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined, shall have the meanings as defined in the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PROHIBITION OF SALE OF LOOSE CIGARETTES 3 AND BEEDIES AND REGULATION OF RETAIL BUSINESS OF CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS ACT, 2016 (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.