Definitions.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "Official Gazette" means the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh; and
2. (b) "State Government" means the Government of Himachal Pradesh.

1. (2) Words and expressions used, but not defined, in this Act and defined in the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), shall have the meanings, 1. For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extraordinary), dated the 22nd July, 1968 p. 2 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH FOREST (SALE OF TIMBER) ACT, 1968 respectively, assigned to them in that Act.

⁶⁷⁷ For its Authoritative Hindi Text, see the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh (Extra-ordinary), dated 18th March, 1994, pp. 309312.