State Act

THE KARNATAKA AGRICULTURAL PESTS AND DISEASES ACT, 1968

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (1) "affected area" means any area declared by notification under section 3 to be an affected area; 1[(2) “Director of Agriculture” means, any officer appointed by the State Government to be the Head of the Department of Agriculture and includes the Head of the Department of Horticulture or Sericulture or Animal Husbandry or Fisheries or Forest and every person who for the time being performs the duties of the Head of the Department of Agriculture or Horticulture or Sericulture or Animal Husbandry or Fisheries or Forest as the case may be.” (3) “District officer” means, the officer appointed as such by the State Government to the department concerned and includes every person who for the time being performs the duties of the district officer of the department concern to Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, Animal Husbandry or Fisheries or Forest as the case may be.]1 (4) "Inspecting Officer" means an officer appointed under section 17; (5) "notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette; (6) "notified area" means the area in respect of which a notification is issued under section 3; (7) "noxious weed" means any weed declared by notification under section 3 to be a noxious weed; (8) "occupier" means the person having for the time being the right of occupation of any land, premises or water, or his authorised agent or any person in actual occupation of the land, premises or water, and includes a local authority having such right of occupation or in such actual occupation; (9) "parasite" means any plant or animal carrying on its existence wholly or in part on any agricultural crop, plant, tree, bush or herb, declared by notification under section 3 to be a parasite; (10) "pest" means any insect, or vertebrate or invertebrate animal, which has been declared by a notification under section 3 to be a pest; 1[(11) “Plant” includes all agricultural, horticultural, sericulture, forest crops, trees, bushes or herbs, climbers, creepers, tubers or rhizomes, suckers or bulbs or corms/corm lets and includes fruits, leaves, trunk, roots, bark or cutting or any part thereof but does not include the seed. Provided that, the State Government may, by notification direct that the seed of any particular plant shall be deemed to be a plant.” (12) “Plant Disease” means, any fungal, bacterial, viral, nematode, parasitic, mycoplasma or other disease or syndrome declared by the notification under section 3 to be a plant disease.]1 (13) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.