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In this Act, ~tless there is anything repuq- nant in the subject or context-- (a) 4' bull " includes a buffalo-bull ; (h) "cow" incll~des a buffalo-cow and a heifer: (c, "Director" means the officer appointed t y the =[State] Government as the Sr13irector of Anim.2 Husbandry] for ths '[State of Tamil Nad~i] aacd includes any other person o~ whom the p~wers o; duties of thz Director vndel this 4ct ha1.e been COY.- ferrxl or inlposed ondcr qccticn 3; (d) "licence" means a licence granted under section 4 ; (e) ' Llicet~sing, oft;.cerW means the Director or any othcr officer or person authorized to grant licences under section 4 ; (f) ~'prescrjbed" means prescribed by ndes made under this Act ; -- -- --- 1 Thic word w,rs wbstituted for the word "Provincial " by the Adantation Order of !950. ' This expression was sllbqtituted Tor tho eupression <'State of Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamtl Nndu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969. 3 These words were substituted for the words "Director of Veterinary ~ervlces" by section 3 ot. and the Second Schedule to, the Tam11 Nadu Rtenactlng (NO. LT) Act, 1948 Varn~l Nadu Act vur of 1948). * Section 1 came into force on the 3rd September 1940. The remaining *&,ion have becn epplied tn certain portions of t h ~ S1a.e fr('1~ ')@; 9 tlm* 1940 , T.N. Act XV] Live-stock impror*ement 819 ? / ' ) a person is said to "keep a bull" if he owns he b$ or has the bull in his possession or custody ; I I (h) a bull is said to be "castrated* if it is rendered incapable of propagating its species.