Definitions

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

1. (a) animal or bird includes the young one of the animal or bird, as the case may be;
2. (b) Forest Officer means any person appointed by name or holding an office by or under the orders of the Government to be the Conservator, Deputy Conservator, Assistant Conservator, Extra Assistant Conservator, Deputy Forest Ranger, Forest Ranger, Forester or Forest Guard, or to discharge any function of a Forest Officer;
3. (c) Government means Government of Meghalaya;
4. (d) Game means any animal or bird to which this Act applies;
5. (e) Hunt means any animal or bird to which this Act applies;
6. (f) Meat includes fat, blood, flesh and bones;
7. (g) Trophy means the durable part of an animal or bird specified in the Schedule which has been preserved by any means, whether natural or artificial, and includes the head or horn, tooth, tusk, bone, claw, hoof, skin, hair, feather, eggs or nest of any bird, but does not include any article manufactured from any such part of the animal or bird as aforesaid.