In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “committee” means the expert committee constituted under section 4;
(b) “forest” means any reserved forest within the meaning of the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 (4 of 1962) and includes any forest vested in the Government under section 3 of the 1 Received the assent of the President on 19th September, 1978 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No.
606 dated 27th September, 1978.
3 Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971 (26 of 1971);
(c) “forest produce” means bamboos, reeds, eucalyptus, vateria indica (vellapine), dipterocarpus species (kalpine), calophyllum species(punna), cedrelatoona (chandana vembu), palaquim elipticum (pali), ailanthus malabaricum (matty), bombax malabaricum (elevu), evodia roxburghiana (kambli), dysoxylum malabaricum (vellakil), adina cordifolia (kadambu), anogeissus latifolia (vekkalee), kydia calycina (banda), macaranga peltata (uppathy or vatta), alstonia scholaris (pala) and terminalia bellerica (thanni);
(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(e) “selling price” with reference to any forest produce, means the price of that forest produce fixed by the Government under section 3;
(f) “State” means the State of Kerala;
(g) words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Kerala Forest Act, 1961 (4 of 1962), shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.