(1) This Act may be called the Raw Jute (Central Short Jute Board and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951. extent
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
commence.
(3) It shall come into force immediately on the Raw ment.
Jute (Central Jute Board and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance, 1950, ceasing to operate.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in Definitions.
the subject or context,
(1) "appointed day" means the date specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette as the appointed day for the purpose of this Act;
"the Board" means the Central Jute Board constituted under section 4 of this Act;
"cultivator of jute" means any person who, whether by himself or by members of his family or by hired labour or by adhiars or bargadars or bhagdars, grows jute on any land in his possession;
(4) "jute" means the plant belonging to any species of the genus Corchorus and commonly called pat, kosta, nalia or bimalipatam and includes also the plant hibiscus cannabinus, commonly called mesta;
(5) "jute-mill' means a factory defined in, or declared to be a factory under the Factories Act, 1948, which is engaged wholly or in part in the manufacture of jute products;
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(3) 2 The Raw Jute (Central Jute Board and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1951.
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(6) "owner of a jute-mill" means the perso who has ultimate control over the affairs of the jute-mill:
Provided that, where the affairs of a jute-mill are entrusted to a managing agent, such agent shall be deemed to be the owner of the jute-mill; (7) "prh esc Aribd" means prescribed by rules made under this ct;
(8) "raw jute" means the fibre of jute which been subjected to any process of spinning or has not weaving, whether loose or acd in ba or drums, and whether or not co p ntai ke nin les g any waste product or moisture and includes jute ropes and habi jabi; jute cuttings,
(9) "stockist of raw jute" means an owner of a mill, a baler, a dealer in raw jute or an jutey other person who in the ordinary course stocks raw jute; of business
(10) "wa r ste product" means strippings odd filaments o fragments, droppings, sweeping s, or other waste product of jute and includes also ropes of raw jute used for fastening raw jute in bales and also articles commonly known in the jute trade as habi jabi.
Avoidance of certain