Section 3:
Definitions.
In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or
context,--
(a) "the Board" means the 1[
2* * * Coffee Board] constituted under section 4;
3[(aa) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;]
(b) "coffee" means the commodity derived from the fruit of the rubiaceous plant known
by that name, and includes raw coffee, cured coffee, uncured coffee, roasted coffee and
prepared coffee;
4[(c) "Commissioner", means a Commissioner of Customs as specified in clause (b) of section 3
of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);
(d) "curing" means the application to raw coffee of mechanical processes other than pulping for
the purpose of preparing it for marketing;
(e) "curing establishment" means any place to which raw coffee is sent by a registered owner for
curing, and includes any estate which the Board may declare to be a curing establishment for the
purposes of this Act;
5[(ee) "dealer" means a person carrying on the business of selling coffee, whether wholesale or by
retail;]
(f) "estate" means an area administered as one unit which contains land planted with
coffee plants;
6[(ff) "India" means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and
Kashmir*;]
(g) "Indian Coffee Cess Committee" means the Indian Coffee Cess Committee constituted under the Indian Coffee Cess Act, 1935 (14 of 1935);
7[(h) "free sale quota" means that portion, stated in terms of bulk or weight, of the
whole of the coffee produced by the estate in the year, which a registered estate is
permitted under this Act to sell;]
8[(i) "owner", in relation to any land planted with coffee plants, includes,--
(1) any agent of the owner, and
(2) a mortgagee, lessee or other person in actual possession of the land;]
(j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k) "registered estate" means an estate in respect of which an owner is registered under
sub-section (1) of section 14, and includes also any estate in respect of which an owner is
required to be registered under the provisions of that sub-section;
(l) "registered owner" means an owner of a registered estate who has been or is
required to be registered under sub-section (1) of section 14;
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(m) "surplus pool" means the stock of coffee accumulated by the Board out of the amounts
delivered to the Board under section 25;
10[(n) "year" means the period of twelve months beginning with the first day of July and ending
with the thirtieth day of June next following.]
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 7 of 1943, s. 2, for "India Coffee Market Expansion Board".
2. The word "Indian" omitted by Act 50 of 1954, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-8-1955).
3. Ins. by s. 5, ibid, (w.e.f. 1-8-1955).
4. Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 85, for cl. (c).
5. Ins. by Act 2 of 1944, s. 2.
6. Ins. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Sch.
7. Subs. by Act 23 of 1994, s. 2, for cl. (h) (w.e.f. 14-1-1994).
8. Subs. by Act 48 of 1961, s. 2, for cl. (i) (w.e.f. 19-4-1962).
9. Cl. (ll) Omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule which was ins. by the A.O. 1950.
10. Subs. by Act 48 of 1961, s. 2, for cl. (n) (w.e.f. 19-4-1962).
*.Vide Notification No. S.O. 3912 (E), dated 30th October, 2019, this Act is made applicable to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the Union territory of Ladakh.