(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ‘Act’ means the Karnataka Oil Palm (Regulation of Cultivation, Production and Processing) Act, 2013 (Karnataka Act 56 of 2013);
(b) ‘Agriculture year’ or ‘Financial year’ means the period commencing on the first day of April of any year and ending with the 31st of March of the succeeding year;
(c) ‘Form’ means a Form appended to these rules;
(d) 'Section' means a section of the Act; and
(e) ‘Weigh Bridge’ means any mechanism of scales including beam-scales and tripod balances used to weigh Oil Palm fresh fruit bunches, approved by the Department of Weights and Measurements.
(2) 'Words and expressions' used but not defined in these rules shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Acts.