In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
(i) "Accused" means any person who is reasonably believed that an offence punishable under the Telangana Scheduled Areas Minor Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Regulation, 1979 or the rules made there under have been committed in respect of a minor forest produce;
(ii) "Corporation" means the Girijan Co-operative Corporation Limited, Visakhapatnam;
(iii) "Divisional Manager" means the Divisional Manager in independent charge of a division of the Corporation;
(iv) "Magistrate" means a Magistrate having jurisdiction to try offences in the scheduled areas in accordance with the provisions contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898;
(v) "Managing Director" means the Managing Director of the Girijan Cooperative Corporation Limited, Visakhapatnam;
(vi) "Minor Forest Produce in Transit" includes minor forest produce stored in any place or in the margin of any public road or cart track or footpath whether loaded in carts or other vehicles or not and the minor forest produce found in any river, canal or water course whether in rafts or not;
(vii) "Minor Forest Produce Offence" means any offence punishable under the regulation or rules made thereunder;
(viii) "Purchase Price" means the price offered by the Corporation for purchasing the minor forest produce from the growers/collectors;
(ix)"Regulation" means the Telangana Scheduled Areas Minor Forest Produce (Regulation of Trade) Regulation, 1979.
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