(1) In this Act, unless the eontext otherwise Definitions requires,-
(a) "competent authorlty" means such authority as the Government may, by notification, appoint for the purpose of exercising the powers and functions of a competent authority under this Act and rules made thereunder, for the whole or any part of Arunachal Pradesh ;
(b) "Government" means the Government of the Union ieritory of Arunachal Pradesh ;
(c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(d) "state" means the Union teffitory of Arunachal Pradesh ;
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(e) "timber" means trees when they have fallen or have been felled and logged but does not include trees and logs upto 60 cm mid girth and I metre length.
(2) Words and expressions used, but not defined in this Act and defined in the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 as applied in Anrnachal Pradesh shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Regulation.
No person shall remove or cause to be removed from the state for the purpose of trade or otherwise, any timber to any other place outside the state, and no trading depot shall be set up or establGhed in the state at any place without a licence from the competent authority.