Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (i) "agricultural produce" means any produce (whether processed or not) of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, apiculture, pisciculture and forest declared by the Government, by notification, to be an agricultural produce for the purposes of this Act; (ii) "Collector" means the Chief Officer-in-charge of the revenue administration of the Union territory of Puducherry, and includes any other officer appointed by the Government to exercise all or any of the powers of a Collector under this Act; (iii) "Co-operative marketing society" means any co-operative society registered or deemed to be registered under the Puducherry Co-operative Societies Act, 1965 (11 of 1965), which has, as its principal object, the promotion of the sale of agricultural produce grown, reared or produced by its members; (iv) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture, Puducherry, 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 area as may be specified in the notification; † This Act came into force w.e.f 01-05-1975 vide Notification-I issued under S.O. 19 published in the Gazette of Puducherry No.19 dated 13-05-1975 4 (v) "Government" means the Administrator of the Union territory of Puducherry appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution; (vi) "market" means any market established under sub-section (1) of section 5; (vii) "market committee" means any market committee established under section 4; (viii) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (ix) "notified agricultural produce" means any agricultural produce specified in the notification under sub-section (3) of section 3 as in force for the time being; (x) "notified area" means any area notified under section 3 as in force for the time being; (xi) "notified market area" means any area notified under sub-section (2) of section 5 as in force for the time being; (xii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (xiii) "producer" means any person who grows, rears or produces by himself or by hired labour or otherwise any agricultural produce, but does not include a dealer or broker in that produce although he may grow, rear or produce that agricultural produce; (xiv) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Puducherry. CHAPTER – II NOTIFIED AREA, MARKET COMMITTEE, MARKETS, NOTIFIED MARKET AREAS AND TRADING IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN SUCH AREAS. Declaration of notified area.