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such con prolect mm, for the purpose, take a dec15ion, wluch shall be final. (e) . “cont1ibutinu’ under section 4-; ’ means the sum of money payable to the fund | (f) “dealer” means any pc‘sna who is engaged in the business of purchase sale, or storage fin ~ .lc, of husks or fibre or cotr yarn or any coir products or a person who rets husks and includes an agent of a dealer but does not include a cultivator who sells, or stores for sale, raw husks owned by him; “Director of Coir Development" means the Director of Coir Development for the State of Kerala; (h) “employet” means any person who d1rectly employs, whether on behalf of lumself or for any other person, one 01 mo1e coir workers to do any Work in conneI_ t10n w1th 1ett1ng raw husks, takmg out and counting 1etted l1usks,beat1ng retted husk, cleanmg fibre, spmnmg yam, dyeing, z’Idrytng or bundhng of coir yarn and fibre, rehanking, weaving mats ahd mattlugs, producmg rugs 01 other co1r products, (i) “famlly” means the husband, w1fe and the1r children; (j) “fibre” means c01r fibre extracted from coconut husk; (k) “fund” means the Coir Workers’ Welfare Fund established under section 3 and the scheme; ‘ (l) “husk” means coconut husk, green, dry or retted; (m) “member” means a member of the fund; (11) “person" includes a Company, a firm, an association of 111d1v1duals ora Co-operauve Soc1ety reg1stered or deemed to be registered under the Kerala Co-oper.1tive Soc1et1es Act, 1969 (2l of 1969), (u) prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (p) “p1ocesses 1.1 coir industry” means rettmg raw husks, taking out and Co. 1 mm;r retted husk, beating' retted husk, cleaning fibre, spinning am, ClVC‘ 131, drying, bundling coir yarn and fibres, rehankmg, weaving mat. and n1unag‘s, rugs and carpets, or makmg other cotr products, shearing 1Ilalhed proces 1n hmshmg coir products and includes packing, ((1) "producer of mu products” means a person who carries on the busmtss of processmg con and coir products for export or for internal mmketing but does 1ot includeacoir co—opcrattve soc1ety registered or deemed to be registered under the Ker 1h (lo-operative Soc1et1es Act, 1969 (?l oi 1969); (r) “Sched 1k” means the schedule to th1s Act, A .7, 4’ '5. 3 (s) “scheme” means a scheme framed under this Act. (t) “self—employed person" means a person other than a u r workei, who is engaged in the extraction of coir fibie, spinning yarn and manufacture of coir pioclucts for other persons and depends mainly on con industry {br his livelihood, (u) “yarn” means the coir yarn obtained by the spinning of fibre; (v) “year” means the financial year.