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In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context :- (a) "cotton" means Indian raw cotton (including seed-cotton, lint and fly); (b) "Director" means the Director of Agriculture; (c) "owner" means the owner of a cotton ginning factory or a cotton pressing factory; (d) "trader" means a person other than an owner, carrying on the business of buying or selling cotton for the purposes of gain or profit and includes- (i) a manufacturer, or (ii) an importer, who carries on such business, (iii) a broker or commission agent who contracts for the sale or purchase of cotton for others and stocks cotton on their behalf; (e) "year" means a year commencing on the 1st day of September; (f) the expressions "cotton ginning factory" and "cotton pressing factory" have the meanings assigned to them by the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925 (XII of 1925).
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context :-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>a</i>) "cotton" means Indian raw cotton (including seed-cotton, lint and fly);<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(b)</i> "Director" means the Director of Agriculture;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>c</i>) "owner" means the owner of a cotton ginning factory or a cotton pressing factory;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>d</i>) "trader" means a person other than an owner, carrying on the business of buying or selling cotton for the purposes of gain or profit and includes-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><i>(i)</i> a manufacturer, or<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>ii</i>) an importer,<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>who carries on such business,<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>iii</i>) a broker or commission agent who contracts for the sale or purchase of cotton for others and stocks cotton on their behalf;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>e</i>) "year" means a year commencing on the 1st day of September;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(<i>f</i>) the expressions "cotton ginning factory" and "cotton pressing factory" have the meanings assigned to them by the Cotton Ginning and Pressing Factories Act, 1925 (XII of 1925).<br>