Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "agriculturist" means a person who ordinarily by himself or by his tenant or hired labour or otherwise is engaged in the production of agricultural produce but does not include a dealer or broker in agricultural produce; (b) "agricultural produce" includes all produce, whether processed or unprocessed of agriculture, horticulture, animal husbandry, pisciculture, sericulture and forest as specified in the Schedule; (c) "Board" means the Sikkim State Agricultural Marketing Board constituted under section 3; (d) "broker" means an agent whose ordinary course of business is to negotiate and make contracts for the purchase or sale of agricultural produce on behalf of his principal and who is remunerated by commission, but does not include a servant of such person whether engaged in negotiating or; (e) "commission agent" means a person who on behalf of another person and in consideration of commission makes or offers to make purchase or sale of agricultural produce or does, or offers to do anything necessary for completing and carrying out such purchase or sale; (f) "Co-operative Societies" means all Co-operative Societies registered under the Sikkim Co-operative Societies Act, 1983, which has as its principal object the promotion of wholesale of agricultural produce grown, reared or produced by its members; (g) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Horticulture, Government of Sikkim and includes any other officer authorised by the Government by notification to perform the functions of the Director under this Act for such an area as may be specified in the notification; (h) "licence" means a licence granted under this Act; (i) "market" means a market established and registered under this Act for the market area and includes a market proper, a principal market yard and a sub-market yard or yards, if any; (j) "market area" means any area declared to be a market area under section 10; (k) "market committee" means a committee established under section 12; (l) "market proper" means any area including all lands with the buildings and structures thereon within such distance of the principal or sub-market yard declared to be a market proper under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 11; (m) "notified agricultural produce" means the agricultural produce specified as such under section 10; (n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (o) "principal market yard and sub-market yard" means an enclosure, building or locality in a market area declared to be a principal market yard and sub-market yard respectively under clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 11; (p) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Co-operative Societies of Sikkim; (q) "retail sale" means a sale of any agricultural produce not exceeding such quantity as may be fixed in respect of an agricultural produce; (r) "State Government" means the State Government of Sikkim; (s) "Secretary" means the Chief Executive of the market committee and includes officiating, acting, Deputy and Assistant Secretary; (t) "Schedule" means the Schedule to this Act; (u) "Supervisor" means a person whose business is to supervise the consignment of agricultural produce for sale in regard to quality, grade, adulteration and such other purposes; (v) "trade" means any kind of transaction or sale and purchase of any agricultural produce; (w) "trader" means a person who is ordinarily engaged in the business of buying and selling agricultural produce whether by himself or by duly authorised agent and includes a person who is ordinarily engaged in the business of processing of agriculture produce; (x) "weighman" means a person whose business is to weigh the consignment of agricultural produce.