In tl1is Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- ( a) ''agent'' means the agent authorised under sub-section (1) of section 3;
~ (b) '' competent au'hority" mems the Government or an officer {9i authorised by the Governmert to grant permit'\;
(c) "co-op rative society"' mean a society registered or det>med to be reghtered under t~e Kera'a Co-operative SocieliesAct, 1969 (21 of 1969); ~:
(d) "cultivator, means a pc .. rson who actually cultivates any land with cashew or who 1s entitled to take the usufructs from any land cultivated \\ilh ca hew;
(e) "notified price'\ in relation to raw cashewnuts, means the price notified under sub-srction (2) of fection 5;
(f1 "occup er'' mea .. s an occupier as defined in the Factories Act, 1948 (Ut ntral Act 63 of 1948);
(g) "per on" includes a body corporate, a company, a firm, an a&IC cia tion of indi \ iduals or a co-operative society;
(h) "permit' mean4) a permit referred to in section 15;
(i} 'tprescr ib~d" means pre~cribed by rules ma:Je under this Act;
(J) ''raw cashewnut" does 110t includr roasted cashewnut; ·
(k) "State" means the State of Kerala;
(J) "sub-agent'' means a co-operative society appointed by the agent unrJer sect ion 9.
3 Restr,ct£on on sale arzd purchase of raw cafhewnu.ls. - (I) N.) person shaJJ sell any raw cashewnut within the S1ate except to the agent of the Govern ment authotised by them in thi, beh lf by not1fication in the Gazette or to a sub-agent.
(2) No person other than a ro-operahve society shall be authoristd as the agent under sub-secl1on ( 1).
(3) No person other than the agent or a sub- agent shall purchase any raw ca~he~nut within the State.