Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-- (a) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (b) "resin" means the secretion extracted by tapping from Chir/Chil or Kail trees; (c) "resin depot" means a place specified and registered as such, by the Divisional Forest Officer for the purchase, storage and sale of resin tapped in an area specified in relation to that depot; (d) "resin products" means derivatives obtained by processing resin, and includes resin, turpentine, hardened resin, and also includes paints and varnishes manufactured directly from resin; (e) "tapper of resin" means a person who taps resin; (f) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927) as amended from time to time in its application to Himachal Pradesh, shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Act.