(a) "block mica" means any mica, other than chillas, splittings and waste mica, obtained from crude mica by any process of trimming;
(b) "chillas" means thin laminations or cleanings of mica not more than .008 inch thick obtained from crude or block mica;
(c) "controller" means the officer appointed by the [State] Government to be the Mica Controller for the purposes of this Act, ana until such time as an officer is so appointed, the Controller of the district;
(d) "crude mica" means mica in its rough state before it has been trimmed or subjected to any process;
(e) "dealers licence" means a licence granted under Section 6 authorising the person to whom it is granted to buy mica, and to have in his possession and sell mica-
(i) extracted in a controlled area from a mica mine of which he is not in possession or from a mica dump; or
(ii) imported into a controlled area from any place not situated in a controlled area;
(f) [* * * *]
(g) [* * * *]
(h) "home splitter" means a person who is employed by a splitting contractor or a licensee or a registered proprietor to split block mica or chillas;
(i) "licensee" means a person to whom a miner's licence or a dealer's licence has been granted;
(j) "manufactured mica" means mica in any form other than the form of crude mica, block mica, chillas or splittings;
(k) "mica dump" means any collection of refuse consisting wholly or largely of mica;
(l) mica mine" means any excavation where any operation for the purpose of searching for or obtaining mica has been or is being carried on;
(m) "miner's licence" means a licence granted under Section 6 authorising the person to whom it is granted to have in his possession and sell mica extracted from a mica mine of which he is in possession and which is situated in land of which he is not the proprietor or from a mica dump of which he is in possession;
(n) "prescribed" means prescribed by Rules made under this Act;
(o) "proprietor" has the same meaning as in Clause (8) of Section 3 of the Land Registration Act, 1817, as for the time being in force in the [State] of Bihar;
(p) "proprietor's certificate" means a certificate granted under Section 5 authorising the person to whom it is granted to have in his possession and sell mica extracted from a mica mine of which he is in possession and which is situated in land of which he is the proprietor or from a mica dump of which he is possession;
(q) "registered proprietor" means a person to whom a proprietor's certificate has been granted;
(r) "Splittings" means thin laminations of mica not more than .00125 inch thick; and
(s) "splittings" contractor" means a person who receives block mica or chillas from a licensee or a registered proprietor for preparing splittings therefrom through home splitters.
Section 2 • The Bihar Mica Act, 1947
2. Definitions.
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