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The Act came into force on the first day of April 1971 vide Notification in Gazette No. 13, dated 30th March, 1971. 504 (g) “transfer” with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions includes sale, exchange, mortgage, charge, lease or gift; (h) “Union territory” means the Union territory of Puducherry; (i) “village industry” means any industry which forms the normal occupation, whether whole time or part-time, of any class of the rural population of the Union territory. Appointment of Director of Industries