In these rules unless the context other wise requires:
(a) ‘Act’ means the Tobacco Board Act. 1975 (4 of 1975)
(b) ‘buyer’ means a dealer, exporter or packer who has obtained the relevant certificate of registration under Section 12 of the Act and the rules made thereunder and who is authorized by the Board, or any officer specified by the Board in this regard to purchase tobacco on an auction platform.
(c) ‘grower’ means a person who has obtained a certificate of registration under Section 10 of the Act for growing # Virginia tobacco.
(d) ‘platform’ means an auction platform established for the sale of tobacco under clause (cc) of subsection (2) of Section 8 of the Act.
(e) ‘tobacco’ means # Virginia tobacco.
(f) All other terms and expressions shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.
* Published in the Gazette of India – Extraordinary, Part-II Section 3, Sub-Section (i) Dt.22-8-84.
# The words ‘Virginia flue cured Tobacco’ in clauses © and (e) of rule 2 were amended as Virginia Tobacco vide Tobacco Board Auction (Amendment) Rules 1988 Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part-II, Section 3(i), Dt.16-5-88.