PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETS ACT, 1961

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Preliminary Punjab Act No. 23 of 1961

S.1 Short title, extent and commencement.

S.2 Definitions.

S.2(a) Construction of certain references in this Act.

S.3 State Agricultural Marketing Board, constitution, powers and duties.

S.3(a) The powers of the Board in respect of the transferred territory and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

S.4 [Advisory committee...Omitted.]

S.5 Notification of intention of exercising control over purchase, sale, storage and processing of agricultural produce in specified area.

S.6 Declaration of notified market area.

S.7 Declaration of market yards.

S.7(a) Establishment of Seasonal Market Yard.

S.7(b) Establishment of special market yard.

S.7(c) Establishment of private market yard.

S.7(d) Establishment of producer and consumer market yard.

S.7(e) Establishment of producer market yard (Kissan Mandi).

S.7(f) Permission for e-trading platform

S.7(g) Permission for direct marketing.

S.7(h) Public private partnership.

S.8 No private market to be opened in or near places declared to be markets.

S.9 Authority to whom applications for grant of licences are to be made.

S.10 Applications for licences, fees to be paid and cancellation or suspension of licences.

S.10(a) Certain persons to be licensees.

S.10(b) Granting of Licence to private person.

S.10(c) Settlements of dispute.

S.10(d) Registration of ad-hoc buyer.

S.10(e) Sale of agricultural produce.

S.11 Establishment of Market Committee.

S.12 Constitution of Committees.]

S.12(a) Supersession of nominated Committees.

S.13 Duties and powers of Committee.

S.14 Term of office of members.

S.15 Removal of members.

S.16 Appointment of Chairman and Vice-Chairman.

S.17 Filling of vacancies.

S.17(a) Election petition.......Omitted]

S.18 Incorporation of Committees.

S.19 Appointment of sub-committees and joint committees and delegation of powers.

S.20 Appointment and salaries of officers and servants of committees.

S.21 Persons who are to be deemed Public Servants within the meaning of section 21 of Indian Penal Code.

S.22 Execution of Contracts.

S.23 Levy of fees

S.23(a) Saving of excess fee charged.

S.23(b) Levy of user charges.

S.24 Octroi not payable on certain agricultural produce.

S.25 Marketing Development Fund.

S.25(a) Price Stabilization Fund.

S.26 Purposes for which the Marketing Development Fund may be expended.

S.27 Market Committee Fund.

S.27(a) Contribution to Board.

S.28 Purposes for which the Market Committee Funds may be expended.

S.29 Liability of member or employee of Committees or the Board.

S.30 No trade allowance permissible except as prescribed.

S.31 Bar of suit in absence of notice.

S.32 Power to borrow.

S.32(a) Power to borrow by the Board.

S.33 Power to call information, inspect, enforce attendance and to suspend actions, etc., of Committees.

S.33(a) Power to order production of accounts and powers of entry, inspection and seizure.]

S.33(b) Power to stop vehicles.

S.34 Acquisition of land for the Board and Committees.

S.35 Supersession of Committee.

S.36 Emergency Powers.

S.37 Penalties.

S.38 Power of State Government to amend the Schedule.

S.39 Trial of offences.

S.40 Appeal.

S.41 Recovery of sums due to State Government from Committee.

S.41(a) Powers of State Government to issue directions to Board.

S.42 Revision.

S.43 Power to make rules.

S.44 Bye-laws.

S.45 Power to write off irrecoverable fees, etc.

S.46 Power to compound offences.

S.47 Repeal and Savings.

Schedule [See section 2(a) and section 38]

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