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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires :- (a) “appropriate Goverament” means the State Government of Mizoram; (b) “competent authority” means a person or authority appointed by the Government by notification to perform such functions under this ACT; (c) “director” means the Director of Agriculture/Horticulture; (d) “fruit plant” means any plant, which can produce edible fruits or nuts, and includes wood, seedlings, grafts, layers, seeds, bulbs, suckers, rhizomes and cutting of any such plant; (e) “inspecting officer” means any officer not below the rank of Horticulture Inspector or Plant Protection Inspector authorised by the Director of Agriculture/ Horticulture for the purpose of inspection of nurseries; (f) “nurseryman” means any person engaged in the production and sale of fruit plants; (g) “owner” in relation to a fruit nursery, means the person who, or the authority which has the ultimate control over the affairs of such fruit nursery, and where the said affairs are entrusted to a manager, managing director or managing agent shall be deemed to be the owner of the fruit nursery; (h) “Plant Material" means any propagation material used in raising the plant and includes budwood, scion, root-stock, seeds and cuttings; (i) “prescribed” means preseribed by rules made under this Act; (j) “root-stock" means a fruit plant or part thereof on which any portion of a fruit plant has been grafted or budded; (k) “scion” means a portion of a fruit plant which is grafted or budded on to a root-stock.