Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "Act" means the Punjab Contract Farming Act;
2. (b) "agreement" means the 'contract farming agreement' between the buyer, who offers to purchase the produce and the Producer, who agrees to produce the crop, under which the production and marketing of an agricultural produce is carried out as per the conditions laid down in the agreement. The buyer has to purchase the produce as per pre-determined price in the agreement carried out prior to sowing of the crop. The buyer shall support the production through supply of inputs, land use, technical advice or any other activity related thereto, as may be mentioned in the agreement;
3. (c) "Agricultural produce" means all produce, whether processed or not, of agriculture, apiculture, sericulture, horticulture, animal husbandry or forest as specified in the Schedule appended to this Act;
4. (d) "bye-laws" means the bye-laws notified by the Commission;
5. (e) "Commission" means the Commission constituted under section 15 of this Act;
6. (f) "Chief Commissioner" means a Chief Commissioner of the Commission;
7. (g) "Collector" means the Collector of the District or any Officer appointed by the State Government, by notification, for carrying out the purposes of this Act;
8. (h) "Committee" means a market committee established and constituted under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 (Punjab Act No. 23 of 1961);
   • (i) "Company" means a public limited company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 1 of 1956);
9. (j) "Co-operative Society" means a society as defined in the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 (Punjab Act No. 23 of 1961);
10. (k) "market" means a market established and regulated under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961, notified as market area;
11. (l) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
12. (m) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
13. (n) "Registering Authority" means an Authority to register an agreement between the producer and the buyer as prescribed;
14. (o) "registration" means the registration of an agreement under section 4 of this Act;
15. (p) "rules" means the rules made under this Act;
16. (q) "State Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Agriculture; and
17. (r) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act.