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Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "bamboo industry" means anindustry to which bamboo, reeds or cane is used as raw material for making bamboo products and includes collecting, storing or * Received the assent of the Governor on the 9th day of August,1998 and published in the Kerala Extraordinary Gazette No. 1860 dated 12th November,1998. 1 2nd day of December,1999 vide S.R.O No. 493/2005 dated 13-05-2005 published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1091 dated 18th May,2005. distributing bamboo, reeds or cane for the purpose of making bamboo products or doing any work in connection with or incidental thereto; (b) “bamboo product” means tany article which is made out of bamboo, reeds or cane; (c) "bamboo, kattuvalli or pandanus leaf worker" means any person who is employed for wages to do any work in connection with or incidental to the bamboo industry or kattuvalli industry or pandanus leaf industry, as the case may be, and who get his wages, directly or indirectly from the employe, dealer or producer of bamboo products or kattuvalli products or, as the case may be, pandanus leaf products and includes any person employed by or through a contractor or through an agent and depends mainly on bamboo industry, kattuvalli industry or pandanus leaf industry for his livelihood and also a person whom the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, from time to time, declare to be a bamboo, kattuvalli or pandanus leaf worker for the purpose of this Act, but does not include a person engaged in collecting bamboo, reed or cane for the purpose of making pulp, paper and artificial threads with medicinal aid. Explanation.—If any question arises as to whether a person is or is nota bamboo worker or kattuvalli worker or a pandanus leaf worker for the purpose of this Act, the question shall be referred for decision to an officer authorised by the Board in this behalf and an appeal may be filed before the Board against the decision of the said officer and the decision of the Board thereon shall be final; (d) "Board" means the Kerala Bamboo, Kattuvalli and Pandanus Leaf Workers’ Welfare Fund Board constituted under section 6; (e) "Chief Executive Officer" means Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub- section (1) of section 9; (f) "Contribution" means the money payable to the Fund under section 4; (g) "dealer" meansany person who is engaged in the business of purchase, sale or storage for sale of bamboo or kattuvalli or pandanus leaf products; (h) "employer" means any person who employs, whether directly or indirectly, or whether on behalf of himself or for any other person, one or more bamboo or kattuvalli or pandanus leaf workers to do any work in connection with the various process in bamboo or kattuvalli or pandanus leaf industry; (i) "family” means,— (i) husband, wife and their minor sons, unmarried daughters and mentally retarded children; (ii) father and mother who are solely dependent upon the bamboo, kattuvalli or pandanus leaf worker or self-employed person; (j) "Fund"means theBamboo, Kattuvalli and Pandanus Leaf Workers’ Welfare Fund established under section 3; (k) "kattuvalli industry" means an industry in which kattuvalli is used as a raw material for making products out of it and includes collecting, storing or distributing kattuvalli for the purpose of making kattuvalli products or doing any work in connection with or incidental thereto; (l) "kattuvalli products" means canything made out of raw or processed kattuvalli; (m) "member" means a member of the Fund; (n) "pandanus leaf industry" means an industry in which pandanus leaf is ussed as raw materials for making products out of it and includes collecting, storing or sistruibuting pandanus leaf for the purpose of making pandanus leaf products or doing any work in connection wiuth or incidental thereto; (o) "pandanus leaf product" means mats, baskets, toys, handicraft items, fancy things, furniture, thazhapauya, vatti and such other things made out of raw or processed pandanus leaf; (p) "person" includes a company , a firm, an association of individuals or a co- operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act,1969 (21 of 1969); (q) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (r) "producer of bamboo or kattuvalli or pandanus leaf products" means a person who carries on the business of making bamboo or kattuvalli or pandanus leaf products for export or for internal use; (s) "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Act; (t) "Scheme" means the Scheme framed under this Act; (u) "self-employed person" means a person other than a bamboo or kattuvalli or pandanus leaf worker who is engaged in the extraction of bamboo, reeds, cane, kattuvalli or pandanus leaf or engaged in the making of bamboo products or kattuvalli products or pandanus leaf products and cdepends maily on bamboo industry or kattuvalli industry or pandanus leaf industry for his livelihood; (v) "year" meansa financial year.