3. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context
(a) admixture of cotton means a prescribed mixture of different varieties of cotton;
(b) bale means any pressed package of cotton of whatever size or density ;
(c) cotton means ginned or unginned cotton, or cotton waste ;
(d) cotton ginning factory means any place where cotton is ginned or where cotton fiber is separated from cotton seed by any process whatever involving the use of steam, water or other mechanical power or of electrical power ;
(e) cotton pressing factory means any factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1934, in which cotton is pressed into bales ;
@span(f) cotton waste means droppings, stripping, fly and other waste products of a cotton mill or of a cotton ginning factory or of a cotton pressing factory but does not include yarn waste;
(g) Indian Central Cotton Committee means the Indian Central Cotton Committee, constituted under the Indian Cotton Cess Act, 1923, and includes any sub-committee appointed by it to perform any function of the Indian Central Cotton Committee under this Act ;
(h) license means license granted under section 4 ;
(i) occupier includes a managing agent or other person authorized to represent the occupier ;
(j) prescribed means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; and
(k) season means such period as may, from time to time be prescribed.