Section 2 in The Manipur Cooking Gas (Licensing and Control) Order, 1986
2. Definitions.
- In this order, unless the context otherwise requires :-(a)"Collection" has the same meanings as in Clause (ia) of Section 2 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);(b)"Consumer" means a person whose name is registered with a dealer for getting supply of cooking gas from that dealer;(c)"Dealer" means person including a firm, an association of persons, a company, a corporation a co-operative society engaged in the business of purchase, sale or storage for sale, of cooking gas on the basis of an agreement with an oil company, whether or not in conjunction with any other business and includes his representative, employee, agent or commission agent but does not include an oil company.(d)"Director" means the Director, Department of Food and Civil Supplies Government of Manipur and includes any other officer of the said Department, not below the rank of Assistant Director authorised by the State Government in this behalf to perform all or any of the functions of the Director under this order;(e)"District Magistrate" includes Deputy Commissioner of a district an Additional District Magistrate, an Additional Deputy Commissioner, a Sub-Divisional Officer and any other officer, not below the rank of Assistant Director of Food and Civil Supplies, authorised by the Dist. Magistrate or the Deputy Commissioners, as the case may be, in writing to perform all or any of the functions of the District Magistrate under this order;(f)"Form" means a form appended to this order;(g)"Licensee" means a person holding a valid licence granted under this order;(h)"Licensing Authority" means the District Magistrate having jurisdiction;(i)"Oil Company" means any of the following Oil Companies :-(1)Indian Oil Corporation Limited.(2)Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited.(3)Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.(4)Indo-Burma Petroleum Company Limited.(j)"State Government" means the Government of Manipur in the Food and Civil supplies Department; and(k)"Year" means year reckoned according to the English Calender.
