Definitions

Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. (i) “ Agricultural produce” means anything produced from land in the course of agriculture or horticulture and includes forest produce or any produce of like nature either processed or un-processed and declared by the Government by the notification to be agricultural produce for the purposes of this Act: [(ia) “ Assessing authority” shall mean the Secretary of the Market Committee as specified in its bye-lawa];
2. (ii) “ Director of Marketing” means the Director of Marketing appointed by the Government. [ and includes the Commissioner of Development of Marketing]
3. (iii) “ Government ” means the State Government;
4. (iv) “growers” means a person, who produces by himself or by hired labour or otherwise, or receives under tendency agreement, the agricultural produce, but does not include a dealer or commission agent in such produce, although he may be a grower of such produce. If any question arises as to whether a person is a grower or not, the decision of the Director of Marketing thereon shall be final.
5. (v) ‘Livestock’ means cows, buffaloes, bullocks, bulls, goats and sheep and includes poultry, fish and such other animals as may be declared by the Government by notification to be livestock of the purposes of this Act’
6. (vi) ‘market’ means a market established under sub-section

1. (3) of section 4 and includes market yard and any building therein;
   • (vii) ‘market committee’ means a committee constituted or reconstituted under the provisions of this act’
   • (viii) ‘municipality’ means any municipality governed by the law relating to municipalities for the time being in force in the State and includes the Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad.
   • (ix) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly’
   • (x) ‘notified agricultural produce, livestock or products of livestock’ means agricultural produce, livestock or products’ of livestock specified in the notification under section 3’
   • (xi) ‘notified area’ means by area notified under section3
   • (xii) ‘notified market area’ means any area declared to be a market area by notification under section 4’
   • (xiii) ‘person’ means an individual or company or an association of individuals, whether incorporated or not, and includes a Joint Hindu family’
   • (xiv) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules and made under this Act;
   • (xv) ‘products of livestock’ means such products of livestock as may be declared by the Government by notification, to be products of livestock for the purposes of this Act.
   • (xvi) ‘trader’ means the person licensed under sub-section
2. (1) of Section 7 and includes the person in whose management the collection of fees is placed whether he is called a commission agent, ginner, presser, warehouseman, importer, exporter, stockist or by whatever local name he is called)