1. Short title, extent and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Agricultural and
Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1
as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “Authority” means the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development
Authority established under section 4;
(b) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority;
(c) “export” means taking out of India by land, sea or air;
(d) “exporter” means a person registered as an exporter of Scheduled products under section 12;
(e) “member” means a member of the Authority and includes the Chairman;
(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g) “processing” in relation to 2
[Scheduled products or, as the case may be, Special products]
includes the process of preservation of such products such as canning, freezing, drying, salting,
smoking, peeling or filleting and any other method of processing which the Authority may, by
notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf;
(h) “regulations” means regulations made under this Act;
(i) “Scheduled product” means any of the agricultural or processed food products included in
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[the First Schedule];
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[(j) “Special product” means any of the agricultural or processed food products included in the
Second Schedule.]
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[3. Power to amend the Schedule.— The Central Government may, having regard to the objects to
this Act, and if it considers necessary or expedient so to do, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to,
or, as the case may be, omit from, the First Schedule or the Second Schedule any agricultural or processed
food product and on such addition, or as the case may be, omission, such product shall be, or shall cease
to be, a Scheduled product or Special product as the case may be.]