Section Text
a) "the Board" means the9[10[* *] Coffee Board] constituted under section 4-; 11[(aa) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;]
(b) "Coffee" means the commodity derived from the fruit of the rubiaceous plant known by that name, and includes raw coffee, cured coffee, uncured coffee, roasted coffee and prepared coffee; 13(c) "Collector" means a Collector of Customs as defined in clause (8) of Section 2 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962) (d) "curing" means the application to raw coffee of mechanical processes other than pulping for the purpose of preparing it for marketing;
(e) "curing establishment" means any place to which raw coffee is sent by a registered owner for curing, and includes any estate which the Board may declare to be a curing establishment, for the purposes of this Act: 12[(ee) "dealer" means a person carrying on the business of selling coffee, whether wholesale or by retail;]
(f) "estate" means an area administered as one unit which contains land planted with coffee plants; 14[(ff) "India" means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir;]
(g) "Indian Coffee Cess Committee" means the Indian Coffee Cess Committee constituted underthe Indian Coffee Cess Act, 1935: 16[(h) "free sale quota" means that portion, stated in terms of bulk or weight, of the whole of the coffee produced by the estate in the year, which a registered estate is permitted under this Act to sell;] 15[(i) "owner" in relation to any land planted with coffee plants, includes,- (1)any agent of the owner, and (2) a mortgagee, lessee or other person in actual possession of the land;]
(j) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k) "registered estate" means an estate in respect of which an owner is registered under subsection (1) of section 14-, and includes also any estate in respect of which an owner is required to be registered under the provisions of that sub-section;
(l) "registered owner" means an owner of a registered estate who has been or is required to be registered under sub-section (1) of section 14-;17[ * * * *]
(m) "surplus pool" means the stock of coffee accumulated by the Board out of the amounts delivered to the Board under section 25-: 18[(n) "year" means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of July and ending with thirtieth day of June next following.]