(ii-a) Collector includes an Additional Collector and such other officer, not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Officer, as may be authorised by the Collector to perform the functions and exercise the powers of the Collector under this Act;]
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(b) food-crops include crops of sugarcane;
(c) notified order means an order notified in the Official Gazette;
[(cc) order includes a direction issued thereunder;]
[(d) State Government, in relation to a Union territory, means the administrator thereof;]
[ (e) sugar means
(i) any form of sugar containing more than ninety per cent., of sucrose, including sugar candy;
(ii) khandsari sugar or bura sugar or crushed sugar or any sugar in crystalline or powdered form; or
(iii) sugar-in-process in vacuum pan sugar factory or raw sugar produced therein;]
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STATE AMENDMENTS ▼
[Himachal Pradesh].
(vi-a) packing cases made wholly or partly of wood, card board or straw.H.P. Act 1 of 1992 (w.e.f. 19-2-1992). . -
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[Maharashtra].
(a) for Cl. (i-a), substitute the following clause, namely:
(i-a) Collector in any Rationing Area means the Controller of Rationing designated for that area and includes the Deputy or Assistant Controller of Rationing, and elsewhere, the Collector of the District and includes Additional Deputy or Assistant Collector, sub-Divisional Officer and District Supply Officer within his respective jurisdiction;
(b) Cl. (a-i) shall be deleted.Maharashtra Act 6 of 2003, Section 2 (w.e.f. 24-3-2003).
(c) after Cl. (b), insert the following clauses, namely:
(ba) holder, in relation to any agricultural land, means the person in actual possession of such land, and includes a company or other body corporate, firm, association, joint family or body of individuals in joint possession of such land;
(bb) holding means the aggregate of all lands in possession of a holder;Maharashtra Act 1 of 1976, Section 2 (w.e.f. 12-11-1975).
[Uttar Pradesh].
(i) Cl. (aa), inserted by U.P. Amendment Act 18 of 1975, shall stand omitted with effect from September 2, 1976, the date of commencement of Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 1976U.P. Act 16 of 1978, Section 2 (w.e.f. 2-9-1976).
[2A. Essential commodities declaration, etc.
(a) add a commodity to the said Schedule;
(b) remove any commodity from the said Schedule, in consultation with the State Governments.
Section 2 • The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
2. Definitions.
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