Section 3. The manner in which various bodies are given representation on the Central Tea Board, under the exis

3. The manner in which various bodies are given representation on the Central Tea Board, under the existing Act, has created difficulties in its implementation, and it is therefore, proposed to make the composition of the Board more flexible by providing that the Central Government shall appoint members to the Board from among persons capable in their opinion of representing the various interests concerned such as growers, exporters, labour, Central and State Governments, principal Chambers of Commerce and Industry, an economist and a scientist. 3. 1st April, 1954; see notification No. S.R.O. 943, dated the 17th March 1954, Gazette of India, Extraordinary, 1954, Pt. II, s. 3, P.40. 4. Subs. by Act 21 of 1967, s. 3, for "the customs-duty". 5. Subs. by Act 22 of 1995, s. 86, for clause (d) (w.e.f. 26-5-1995). *. 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. (k) "owner"― (i) with reference to a tea estate or garden or a sub-division there of the possession of which has been transferred by lease, mortgage or otherwise, means the transferee so long as his right to possession subsists; and (ii) with reference to a tea estate or a garden or a sub-division for which an agent is employed, means the agent if, and in so far as, he has been duly authorised by the owner in that behalf; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "standard export figure" means such quantity as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify pursuant to any international agreement in this behalf; (n) "tea" means the plant Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze as well as all varieties of the product known commercially as tea made from the leaves of the plant Camelia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze including green tea; (o) "tea seed" includes seeds, roots, stumps, cuttings, buds, and any living portion of the plant Camellia Sinensis (L) O. Kuntze which may be used to propagate that plant.