Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context other-wise requires, (i) Agricultural Produce includes any produce, whether processed or non-processed, of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, pisciculture, sericulture and forest as specified in the Schedule; (ii) Agriculturist means a person who ordinarily by himself or by his tenants or hired labour or otherwise is engaged in the production of agricultural produce but does not include a dealer or broker in agricultural produce although such a dealer or broker may also be engaged in the production or growth of agricultural produce. (iii) Board means the Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board constituted under Section 3; (iv) Broker means an agent whose ordinary course of business is to negotiate and make contracts for the purchase or sale of agricultural produce on behalf of his principal and who is remunerated by commission; but does not include the servant of such principal whether engaged in negotiating or making such contracts; (v) Bye laws means bye-laws made under Section 53; (vi) Commission Agent means a person who on behalf of another person and in consideration of commission makes or offers to make purchase or sale of agricultural produce or does or offers to do anything necessary for completing and carrying such purchase or sale; (vii) Co-operative Agent means the Meghalaya Co- operative Apex Bank Ltd,. Registered under the Meghalaya Co-operative Societies Act (Assam Act 1 of 1950 as adapted by Meghalaya) or any other Cooperative Bank formed in the State of Meghalaya; (viii) Co-operative Marketing Society means a Co- operative Society registered under the Meghalaya Co- operative Societies Act (Assam Act 1 of 1950 as adapted by Meghalaya) which has as its principal object the promotion of the sale of agricultural produce grown, reared or produced by its members or a Co-operative Society registered as such and declared to be equivalent to a Co-operative Marketing Society, by the State Government; (ix) Director means the Director of Agriculture, Meghalaya and includes any other person or authority authorised by the Government, by notification, to perform the functions of the Director under this Act for such an area as may be specified in the notification; (x) District Council means a District Council constituted under paragraph 2 of Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India; (xi) Licence means a person to whom a license is granted under this Act; (xii) Local authority means a Municipal Corporation, a Municipal Board or a Town Committee constituted under any law in force; (xiii) Market means a market established and regulated under this Act for the Market area and includes a market proper, a principal market yard and a sub-market yard or yards if any; (xiv) Market area means any area declared to be a market area under Section 11; (xv) Market Committee means a Committee established under Section 13; (xvi) Market proper means any area including all lands with the buildings and structures thereon within such distance of the principal or sub-market yard declared to be a market proper under clause (b) of Section 12 (2); (xvii)Measurer means a person whose business is to measure consignments of agricultural produce for sale ; (xviii) Notified Agricultural produce means the agricultural produce specified as such under Section 11; (xix) Prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (xx) Principal Market Yard and sub-market yard means an enclosure, building or locality in a market area declared to be a principal market yard and sub-market yard, respectively, under clause (a) of Section 12 (2). (xxi) Progressive producer means a producer who in the opinion of the Director carries on agricultural production on improved method; (xxii)Registrar means the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Meghalaya; (xxiii) Retail Sale means a sale of any agricultural produce not exceeding such quantity as may be fixed by bye-laws or rules in respect of such agricultural produce; (xxiv) Rules means rules made under this Act; (xxv) State Government means the State Government of Meghalaya; (xxvi) Schedule means a schedule to this Act; (xxvii) Secretary means the Chief Executive of the market committee and includes officiating, acting, Deputy and Assistant Secretary; (xxviii) Surveyor means a person whose business is to survey a consignment of agricultural produce for sale in regard to quality, grade, adulteration and such other purposes; (xxix) Trade means any mind of transaction of sale and purchase of any agricultural produce; (xxx) Trade means a person who is ordinarily engaged in the business of buying and selling of agricultural produce whether by himself or by a duly authorised agent and includes a person who is ordinarily engaged in the business of proceeding of agricultural produce; (xxxi) Warehousing Corporation means the Meghalaya State Warehousing Corporation established in Meghalaya under section 18 of the Warehousing Corporation Act, 1962; (xxxii) Weightman means a person is or is not an agriculturist or trader for the purpose of this Act shall be decided in the manner prescribed and such decision shall be final. (2) The question as to whether a person is or is not an agriculturist of trader for the purpose of this Act shall be decided in the manner prescribed and such decision shall be final. Explanation.- For the purpose of this Act the word person includes any firm, joint family, association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not.