Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “factory” means any premises including the precincts there of or any part of which any manufacturing process connected with the processing of oilpalm FFB is carried on with aid of mechanical power. (b) “factory zone” means and area assigned to a factory under section 11; (c) “Government” means the State Government; (d) “Occupier of the factory” means the person who, or the authority which has the ultimate control over the affairs of the factory and, where the said affairs are entrusted to a Secretary, Manager, Managing Director, Executive Director or Chief Executive Director, such Secretary, Manager, Managing Director, Executive Director or Chief Executive Director shall be deemed to be the occupier of the factory. (e) “Oilpalm” means the palm of the genus, clacis and includes the species, clacis guineensis and its hybrids: (f) “Oilpalm Commissioner” means the Oilpalm Commissioner appointed or designated under section 8 (g) “Oilpalm FFB” means the unprocessed oilpalm fresh fruit bunch and includes its loose form also. (h) “Oilpalm grower” means a person who cultivates oilpalm whether by himself or by his own servants or by hired labour or by members of his family or by his tenant’s and includes Oilpalm Growers Co-operative Society but not a member thereof and a company as defined in section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956; (i) “Oilpalm Growers Co-operative Society” means a society registered under the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act 1983 Which has among its objects and functions the cultivation and sale of oilpalm FFB by its members, and includes the union or federation of any such societies; (j) “Oilpalm Inspector” means the Oilpalm Inspector appointed or designated under section 9; (k) “oilpalm product” means any product obtained directly from the oilpalm and includes palm oil. Palm kernel, Palm kernel cake, palm fatty acids, oilpalm seeds, oilpalm seedlings and palm kernel oil; (l) “Project Management Committee” means the Tamil Nadu Oilpalm Project Management Committee constituted under section 3; (m) “Zomal Committee” means a Zonal Committee constituted under section- 5.