30. In this Law unless the context otherwise requires- " allied product " means any product derived from mulberry or any other silkworm food plant and the silkworm but does not include raw silk; "cocoon " has the same meaning as in the Silkworm Seed Law, No, 36 of 1974; " Minister " means the Minister in charge of the subject of Plantation Industry; " raw silk ' means reeled silk; " sericulture ' means-
| (a) the cultivation of mulberry or any other silkworm food plant for the purpose of rearing silkworms; |
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| (b) the breeding and rearing of silkworm, for the production of silkworm eggs or silk cocoons; and |
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| (c) the reeling of silk cocoons for the production of raw silk; |
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" silk textiles " means any fabric produced in whole or in part out of raw silk; " silkworm ' has the same meaning as in the Silkworm Seed Law, No. 36 of 1974; " silkworm seed " has the same meaning as in the Silkworm Seed Law No. 36 of 1974. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts