Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) 'Area' or 'Reserved Area' means the area reserved for a factory under section 14; (b) 'Board' means the Sugarcane Board constituted under section 3; (c) 'Canes' means sugarcane intended for use in a factory or for being used in the manufacture of khandsari sugar; (d) 'Crushing Season' means the period commencing on 1st October in any year and ending on 30th June next year; (e) 'Factory' means any premises, including the precincts thereof, whereon twenty or more workers are working or were working on any day of the preceding twelve months, and in any part of which sugar is being manufactured or is ordinarily manufactured by the use of vacuum pan or vacuum evaporator, and includes a khandsari sugar manufacturing unit; (f) 'Khandsari Sugar' means sugar in the manufacture of which neither a vacuum pan nor a vacuum evaporator is employed; (g) 'Occupier' in relation to a factory means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory; (h) 'Prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (i) 'Price' means the price of sugarcane fixed by the Central Government under the Sugarcane (Control) Order, 1966, or by the State Government under this Act; (j) 'State Government' means the Government of Bihar. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) "Board" means the Sugarcane Board constituted under section 3; (b) "Cane" means sugarcane intended for use in a sugar factory; (c) "Cane Commissioner" means the officer appointed as such by the State Government and includes any officer appointed by the State Government to exercise all or any of the powers of the Cane Commissioner; (d) "Cane Grower" means a person who cultivates cane either by himself or by members of his family or by hired labour or by share-croppers and who owns or is in possession of land; (e) "Cane Growers' Co-operative Society" means a society registered under the Bihar Co-operative Societies Act, 1935 (Bihar Act VI of 1935) which has as its object the sale of cane grown by its members; (f) "Collector" includes an Additional Collector or any other officer not below the rank of a Sub-Divisional Officer appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of a Collector under this Act; (g) "Factory" means any premises including the precincts thereof in any part of which any manufacturing process connected with the production of sugar by means of vacuum pan system is being carried on or is ordinarily carried on and includes a Khandasari Sugar Manufacturing Unit; (h) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed under Section 4; (i) "Occupier of a Factory" means the person who has ultimate control over the affairs of a factory and where the said affairs are entrusted to a Manager, Managing Director or Managing Agent, such Manager, Managing Director or Managing Agent shall be deemed to be the occupier of the factory; (j) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (k) "Purchase" means any purchase of cane by or on behalf of a factory for consumption or use in such factory; (l) "State Government" means the Government of Bihar; (m) "Sugar" means any form of sugar containing more than ninety percent of sucrose; (n) "Supply" means the supply of cane by or on behalf of a cane grower or a cane growers' co-operative society to a sugar factory.