Section 7. Committees, staff and agents

7. Committees, staff and agents. —[7] * * * * * 1. Sub-section (3) which was ins. by Act 7 of 1943, s. 3, omitted by Act 48 of 1961, s. 3 (w.e.f. 19-4-1962). 7. The word "Indian" omitted by Act 50 of 1954, s. 5 (w.e.f. 1-8-1955). 8. Ins. by s. 5, ibid , (w.e.f. 1-8-1955). 9. Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 85, for cl. (c). *. 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. 1 [(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; 2 [(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); 3[(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;] 4[(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; 5* * * * * (m) "surplus pool" means the stock of coffee accumulated by the Board out of the amounts delivered to the Board under section 25; 6 [(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.]