Definitions

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context :-

1. (a) "cotton" means Indian raw cotton (including seed-cotton, lint and fly);
2. (b) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture**;
3. (c) "owner" means the owner of a cotton ginning factory or a cotton pressing factory;
4. (d) "trader" means a person other than an owner, carrying on the business of buying or selling cotton for the purposes of gain or profit and includes—
   • (i) a manufacturer, or
   • (ii) an importer, who carries on such business,
   • (iii) a broker or commission agent who contracts for the sale or purchase of cotton for others and stocks cotton on their behalf;
5. (e) "year" means a year commencing on the 1st day of September;
6. (f) the expressions "cotton ginning factory" and "cotton pressing factory" have the meanings assigned to them by the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925.