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Definitions.- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) ‘Government’ means the Government of Himachal Pradesh; (b) ‘Official Gazette’ means the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh; (c) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (d) ‘rearing’ includes all operations from the incubation of silkworm eggs and brushing of silkworms to the harvesting of cocoons; (e) ‘Silkworms’ includes mulberry silkworms, tussar silkworms, muga silkworms and eri silkworms; and (f) ‘silkworm seed’ means silkworm cocoons, moths, eggs, or young silkworms of whatever description, intended to be used for the purposes of reproduction of rearing.