Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(n) "retail sale" means a sale of any agricultural- produce not exceeding such quantity as may, by rules made under this Act, be fixed in respect of such agricultural produce; (o) "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Act; (p) "Secretary" means a person appointed as such under section 14 and includes an officiating or acting secretary; (q) "standard weight" and "standard measure" have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the West Bengal Standards of Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958; (r) "sub-market yard" means any enclosure, building or locality within the market proper declared to be a sub-market yard under section 4; (s) "surveyor" means a person whose business is to survey a consignment of agricultural produce for sale in regard to quality, refraction, adulteration And any other purposes; (t) "trader" means a person ordinarily engaged in the business of purchasing and selling agricultural produce as a principal or as a duly authorised agent of one or more principals and includes a person ordinarily engaged in the business or processing or preservation of agricultural produce; Explanation.—The word "person" includes any firm, joint family, association or body of individuals whether incorporated or not; (u) "trade allowance" means anything realised in cash or kind, by the purchaser from the seller in any transaction relating to agricultural produce either by deduction from the price agreed upon or otherwise; Explanation.—In this clause "purchaser" includes a commission agent; (v) "warehouseman" means a person whose business is to store agricultural produce in any building, structure or enclosure on behalf of persons depositing such produce; and (w) "weighman" means a person who, in the ordinary course of business, is engaged in the weighing of agricultural produce in connection with a transaction of sale or purchase thereof. (2) If any question arises as to whether a person is or is not an agriculturist or a trader within the meaning of this Act, the decision of the Director on such question shall be final: 195 The West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1972. [West Ben. Act (Sections 3-5.) Declaration of market area. Provided thatthe Director shall give the person areasonable opportunity of being heard before giving his decision.