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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) "agricultural development" includes development of dairy, poultry, piggery, sheep and cattle breeding, pisciculture and sericulture; (b) "Board" means the Board of directors of the Corporation; (c) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Corporation; (d) "Corporation" means the Punjab Scheduled Castes Land Development and Finance Corporation; 1[(e) "director" means a director of the Board and includes the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman;] (f) "Governor" means the Governor of the State of Punjab; (g) "marketing" means all activities relating to the transport, grading, pooling, marketing and sale of agricultural or industrial produce, whether in the primary form or in semi-processed or processed form; 1Substituted by Punjab Act No. 20 of 2013, Section 2, on and with effect from the 19th day of September, 2011. Short title Definitions. (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) "processing" means all activities relating to the processing of agricultural produce so as to make it marketable or fit for consumption and includes purchase and storage of raw-material, purchase of equipment, and purchase, installation and running of machinery, required forprocessing andstorage of finished produce; (j) "Scheduled Castes" means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are deemed under Article 341 of the Constitution of India to be Scheduled Castes; (k) "Scheduled Castes Organisation" means a firm registered under the Partnership Act, 1932, an association registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, or a co-operative society registered under the Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961, all the partners or members, whereof, as the case may be, belong to Scheduled Castes; (l) "small-scale industry" means all cottage and small- scale industry including industry engaged in fabrication, repairs and maintenance of agricultural machinery and equipment, in which capital investment does not exceed five lacs of rupees; (m) "supply and storage"means supply and storage of agricultural inputs and establishment, maintenance and running of storage, cold storages and warehouses1[; and] 2[(n) “Vice-Chairman” means the Vice-Chairman of the Corporation.] CHAPTER II INCORPORATION OF PUNJAB SCHEDULED CASTES LAND DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE CORPORATION AND ITS CAPITAL