Definitions

Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "Appointed day" means the 15th December, 1983, on which the Madhya Pradesh Kashtha Chiran (Viniyaman) Adhyadesh, 1983 (No. 11 of 1983) came into force in the whole of the State of Madhya Pradesh;
2. (b) "Licence" means a licence granted under this Act;
3. (c) "Licensee" means any person to whom a licence has been granted under this Act;
4. (d) "Licensing Officer" means the Licensing Officer appointed under Section 3;
5. (e) "Notified Order" means an order notified in the Gazette;
6. (f) "Saw mill" means the plant and machinery with which, and the premises including the precincts thereof in which or in any part of which sawing is carried on with the aid of electrical or mechanical power, but does not include a hand saw, a tunnel machine, a planer, a jig-saw machine and boring tools;
7. (g) [Deleted];
8. (h) "Sawing" with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions, means the process of sawing, cutting, converting, shaping or seasoning of timber with the aid of electrical or mechanical power or by mechanical process or by hand-saw and includes preservation and treatment thereof; (h-h) "Wood-stall" means any specified place notified by the State Government as a wood-stall for the establishment of a saw mill;
   • (i) "Vehicle" includes a truck, tractor, trailer, motor vehicle, boat and cart;
9. (j) "Timber" includes trees when they have fallen or have been felled, and all timber of any species, whether or not it has been cut, converted, shaped, sawn or hollowed out, for any purpose;
10. (k) Words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined, and defined in the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in that Act.