Section Text
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnantin the subject or context,--
(a) "the Board" means the1 [2 [**] Coffee Board] constituted under section 4;
3 [(aa) "Chairman" means the Chairman of theBoard;]
(b) "Coffee" means the commodityderived from the fruit of the rubiaceous plant known by that name, and includesraw coffee, cured coffee, uncured coffee, roasted coffee and prepared coffee;
4 [(c) "Collector" means a Collector of Customs asdefined in clause (8) of section 2 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962)]
(d) "curing" meansthe application to raw coffee of mechanical processes other than pulping for thepurpose of preparing it for marketing;
(e) "curingestablishment" means any place to which raw coffee is sent by a registeredowner for curing, and includes any estate which the Board may declare to be acuring establishment, for the purposes of this Act;
5 [(ee) "dealer" means a person carrying on thebusiness of selling coffee, whether wholesale or by retail;]
(f) "estate" means an area administeredas one unit which contains land planted with coffee plants;
6 [(ff) "India" means the territory of Indiaexcluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir;]
(g) "Indian Coffee CessCommittee" means the Indian Coffee Cess Committee constituted under theIndian Coffee Cess Act, 1935;
7 [(h) "free sale quota'' means that portion, stated in terms of bulk or weight, ofthe whole of the coffee produced by the estate in the year, which a registeredestate is permitted under this Act to sell]
8 [(i) "owner" in relation to any land plantedwith coffee plants, includes,--
(1) any agent of the owner,and
(2) a mortgagee, lessee orother person in actual possession of the land;]
(j) "Prescribed"means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k) "registeredestate" means an estate in respect of which an owner is registered undersub-section (1) of section 14, and includes also any estate in respect of whichan owner is required to be registered under the provisions of that sub-section;
(l) "registeredowner" means an owner of a registered estate who has been or is required tobe registered under sub-section (1) of section 14;
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(m) "surplus pool" means the stock ofcoffee accumulated by the Board out of the amounts delivered to the Board undersection 25;
10 [(n) "year" means the period of twelve monthsbeginning with the first day of July and ending with thirtieth day of June nextfollowing.]
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1.Substituted for the words "Indian Coffee Board"by the Coffee Market Expansion (Amendment) Act, 1943 (7 of 1943), S. 2 (a)(26-3-1943).
2.the word "Indian" was omitted by the CoffeeMarket Expansion (Amendment) Act, 1954 (50 of 1954), S. 5 (1-8-1955).
3.Inserted by the Coffee Market Expansion(Amendment) Act, 1954 (50 of 1954), S. 5 (1-8-1955).
4. Substituted by The Coffee (Amendment) Act, 1994 (23 of1994) w.e.f. 14.01.1994. Prior to substitution it read as under:
"(c)"Collector" means a Customs-Collector as defined in clause (c) ofsection 3 of the Sea Customs Act, 1878, or a Collector of Land Customs asdefined in clause (c) of section 2 of the Land Customs Act, 1924, as the casemay be;"
5.Inserted by Coffee Market Expansion (Amendment)Act (2 of 1944), S. 2 (27-2-1944).
6.Inserted by the Part B States (Laws) Act, 1951 (3of 1951), S. 3 and Sch. (1-4-1951).
7. Substituted by The Coffee (Amendment) Act, 1994 (23 of1994) w.e.f. 14.01.1994. Prior to substitution it read as under:
"(h) "internal salequota" means that portion, stated in terms of bulk or weight, of the wholeof the coffee produced by the estate in the year, which a registered estate ispermitted under this Act to sell in the Indian market;"
8.Substitutedfor former clause (i) by Coffee (Amendment) Act (48 of 1961), S. 2 (19-4-1962).
9.Clause (ll) which was inserted by A.L.O., 1950,was omitted by Part B States (Laws) Act (3 of 1951), S. 3 & Sch. (1-4-1951).
10.Substituted for former clause (n), by Coffee(Amendment) Act (48 of 1961), S. 2 (b) (19-4-1962),