# 2    Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--

(a) "commodity" means--

(i) any essential commodity;

(ii) any article manufactured or produced by any scheduled industry;

(b) "essential commodity" shall have the same meaning as in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (10 of 1955);

(c) "jute packaging material" means jute, jute yarn, jute twine, jute sacking cloth, hessian cloth, jute bags or any other packaging material containing not less than seventy-five per cent., by weight, of jute;

(d) "scheduled industry" shall have the same meaning as in the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (65 of 1951);

(e) "Standing Advisory Committee" means the Standing Advisory Committee constituted under section 4.