Container, means a box, bottle, casket, tin, can, barrel, case, tube, receptacle, sack, wrapper or other thing in which any infant milk substitute, feeding bottle or infant food is placed or packed for sale or distribution. [Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Food (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (41 of 1992), s. 2 (1) (b)]
Defined, means a box, bottle, casket, tin, barred, case, wrapper, sack, bag, cropper or other thing in which any article is placed or packed [Seeds Act, 1966 (54 of 1966), s. 2(5)]
The expression 'container' is used in three different senses: in a broad sense, it means a receptacle which contains: in a narrower sense, it means a receptacle in which articles are covered or enclosed and transported; and in a more limited sense, it means enclosures used in shipping or railway for transport of goods, G. Claridge and Co. Ltd. v. C.C.E, (1991) 2 SCC 229 (234). [Central Excise and Salt Act, 1944, Items 17(4) and 68]
Container, includes any basket, pail, tray, package or receptacle of any kind, whether open or closed. Agriculture and Horticulture Act, 1964, sub-s. 24 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 1(2), para 861, p. 509.