Definitions.

In this Regulation, lUl}e,a the context otherwlse context otherwise requires,— (a) "Chid' Comaussiceee " means the Chief Coromi ssionet of the Andaman and Nicobar lIiands; (b) U CoIIectnr" means the Collector of land ~e in the lsianda and includes any other penon appointed by the Chief Commis8ioner to di.tcharge allot' any of the functions or to exercise all or any ol the powers of the Collector under thi.l Regulation in relation to any. loctl area; (c) "Exciae--offi.cet" means any penon who may be appoint.ed by the Ch~ Commissioner to dischaqe aU or any of the functions or to exercise all or any of the- powea of .n Exciae--olficer under this Regula. tion in rdation many loca. I ua; (d) "Islands" means the Andunan and Nicobu Wa.nd.a. (e) "notification" means a notib.cation published in the Official Gazette ; (f) "?Piwn smoker" meeas a penon who smoJces prepattd opium ; (g) "place" includes a building, howe, shop, booth, tent, vessel, raft, vehicle and enclosure, and any part thereof; (h) "prepred opium" means any product of opium obtained by any series of opentions d-estgned to transform it into an extract suitable for smoking and includes the at' other residue mnaining after opium is amoked; and (i) "r~" in relation. to any penoo meana ~ op or before the thirtieth day of Seotember. 1953. as a smoker of. ~~, not being regiater!d, smOkes prepared opium s.ha11 be P*dshed f()t tht fitst oIfence with impriwDment which may extend to six months, or with nne which may ~ to five hundred t'u~, or ~ both, and for every such subsequent offence with imPrlsonmertt_ which may extend to one year, or with fine whrch may ~ ttl ooe thousand rupees, or with both.