Tea Act, 1953 Section 5

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d) (w.e.f. 26-5-1995).
*. Vide notification No. S.O. 3912(E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and
Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.

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 (k) “owner”―
(i) with reference to a tea estate or garden or a sub-division there of the possession of which
has been transferred by lease, mortgage or otherwise, means the transferee so long as his right to
possession subsists; and
(ii) with reference to a tea estate or a garden or a sub-division for which an agent is
employed, means the agent if, and in so far as, he has been duly authorised by the owner in that
behalf;
(l) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(m) “standard export figure” means such quantity as the Central Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, specify pursuant to any international agreement in this behalf;
(n) “tea” means the plant Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze as well as all varieties of the product
known commercially as tea made from the leaves of the plant Camelia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze
including green tea;
(o) “tea seed” includes seeds, roots, stumps, cuttings, buds, and any living portion of the plant
Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze which may be used to propagate that plant