Definition

In this Act, unless the Context otherwise requires- (a) "Chief Conservator of Forests" means the Chief Conservator of Forests, Orissa; (b) "Conservator of Forests" means the Conservator of Forests of the concerned forest circle; (c) "Contractor" means the person in whose favour the owner of any specified tree has effected a sale or has entered into a contract for sale of the timber of such tree and includes the representative in interest and assignees of such person; (d) "Divisional Forest Officer" means the Divisional Forest Officer of the concerned forest division; (e) "Grama Panchayat" means a Grama Panchayat constituted under the Orissa Grama Panchayat Act, 1969; (f) "holding" means a parcel or parcels of land forming the subject of a separate tenancy; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "Range Officer" means the forest officer in charge of a forest range; (i) "Scheduled Castes" shall mean the Scheduled Castes specified in respect of the State of Orissa in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 as modified from time to time; (j) "Scheduled Tribes" shall mean the Scheduled Tribes specified in respect of the State of Orissa in the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950 as modified from time to time; (k) "specified tree" means a tree specified in the schedule and such other species of trees as may be notified by Government from time to time.