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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "competent authority" means a person or authority appointed by the State Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Act for such area as may be specified in the notification; 3 [(b) "export" means taking the plant material out of the State or out of India by land, sea or air; 1 For statement of Objects and Reasons, see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary),1964, Page 935-37 2 Substituted for the word “fruit” by Punjab Act No.7 of 2022, Section 3 3 Substituted by the Punjab Act No. 7 of 2022, Section 4 Short title, extent and commencement . Definitions (c) "horticulture crops" means the crops (as specified in the list provided in the rules) which are in the regular course of business are vegetatively propagated and sold for transplantation; (ca) “horticulture nursery” means any place, where horticulture crops are in the regular course of business are vegetatively propagated and sold for transplantation. Any person who is not the owner of land, may establish horticulture nursery, if he takes land on lease for a minimum period of ten years; (cb) “horticulture plant” means the plant belonging to any of the categories as per list provided in the rules and as the Government may, by notification, declare to be a such plant; (cc) “import” means bringing the plant material from the outside the State or from other countries for further propagation; (cd) “Inspecting Officer” means any officer not below the rank of Horticulture Development Officer; (ce) “kind” means one or more related species or sub-species of crop plants each individually or collectively known by one common name such as mango, tomato, etc; (cf) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette of the Punjab and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly; (cg) “nursery person” means any person engaged in the production or sale of horticulture plants;] (d) "Owner" in relation to a fruit nursery, means the person who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of such fruit nursery, and where the said affairs are entrusted to a manager, managing director or managing agent, such manager, managing director or managing agent shall be deemed to be the owner; 1[(da) “plant material” means any propagation material used in raising the plants and includes bud wood, scion, root-stock, vegetatively propagated (cuttings, suckers, runners etc.);] (e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 2[(f) "rootstock" means a horticulture plant or part or tissue culture based plant (e.g. Papaya, Strawberry and Banana) 1 Inserted by the Punjab Act No. 7 of 2022, Section 4 2 Substituted by the Punjab Act No. 7 of 2022, Section 4 thereof, on which any horticulture plant has been grafted or budded; (fa) “sale” means a sale of plant made within the State or outside the State for cash or other valuable consideration; and] (g) "Scion" means a 1[horticulture] plant which is grafted or budded on to a root stock.