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The Act came into force on the 1st day of October, 1971, vide Notification - I, S.O. No. 58 in Extraordinary Gazette. No.103, dated 30th September 1971. ________________________________________________________________________ 405 (e)“noxious weed” means any weed declared as such under section 3; (f) “Occupier” means person having for the time being the right of occupation of any land, water or premises, or his authorised agent, or any person in actual occupation of the land, water or premises; (g) “Official Gazette” means La Gazette de L’Etat de Puducherry; (h) “Plant” includes all horticultural or agricultural crops, trees, bushes or herbs and also includes the seeds, fruits, leaves, trunks, roots, barks or cutting or any other part, of a plant; (i) “Plant disease” means any disease caused to a plant by fungoid, bacteria, virus, parasite or any other organism declared as such under section 3; (j) “Plant parasite” means any plant or animal carrying on its existence, wholly or in part, on agricultural crop, plant, tree, bush or herb and declared as such under section 3; (k)“Plant pest” means any insect or animal, whether vertebrate or tebrate, declared as such under section 3 and includes any animal organism; (1) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act. Power to declare affected area, plant diseases, plant pests, plant parasites and noxious weeds