Arunachal Pradesh (Horticultural Produce, Marketing and Processing) Board Act, 2014

Q: What does Section 2 of Arunachal Pradesh (Horticultural Produce, Marketing and Processing) Board Act, 2014 say?

(i) "Horticultural Produce" means all produce and commodities whether processed or unprocessed, of Horticulture produce as are specified in the Schedule to this Act or declared by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh by notification under section 19 of this Act and also includes a mixture of two or more than two products. (ii) "Horticulture grower/Producer" means a person who is bonafide Arunachalee and possesses land in Arunachal Pradesh who is engaged in production of horticultural produce by h
Q: What does Section 4 of Arunachal Pradesh (Horticultural Produce, Marketing and Processing) Board Act, 2014 say?

(A) Ex-Officio Members (i) The Commissioner/Secretary (Horticulture) to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh - ViceChairman. (ii) The Commissioner/Secretary (Agriculture) to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh. (iii) The Secretary (Finance) or his representative to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh. (iv) The Registrar Cooperative Society or his Representative, Arunachal Pradesh. (v) The Director of Horticulture, Arunachal Pradesh. (vi) The Director of Agriculture, Arunachal Pradesh. (vii) The M
Q: What does Section 5 of Arunachal Pradesh (Horticultural Produce, Marketing and Processing) Board Act, 2014 say?

(a) "The term of the office of Chairman of the Board shall be for five years and the Chairman of the Board shall be appointed or nominated by the Government from such non-official members of prominent public leaders or elected representative and shall not be removed from the post before the expiry of tenure as specified under the Act, unless, his removal is extremely warranted under law on ground of his/her involvement in the corrupt practice. If State Government feel appropriate, the Chairman o
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23. Establishment of consumer's or farmers markets and creation of post harvest management Facilities by the Farmers/ Horticulturist or Horticultural producer.

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            "content": "(i) \"Horticultural Produce\" means all produce and commodities whether processed or unprocessed, of Horticulture produce as are specified in the Schedule to this Act or declared by the Government of Arunachal Pradesh by notification under section 19 of this Act and also includes a mixture of two or more than two products.\n(ii) \"Horticulture grower/Producer\" means a person who is bonafide Arunachalee and possesses land in Arunachal Pradesh who is engaged in production of horticultural produce by himself/herself or by hired labour or otherwise, but not include any market functionary.\n(iii) \"Board\" means Arunachal Pradesh Horticultural Produce Marketing and Processing Board established under section 3 of this Act.\n(iv) \"Business\" means purchase, sale, processing, value addition, storage, transportation and connected to activities of Horticultural produce.\n(v) \"Buyer\" means a firm, a company or a Cooperative Society or Government agency, Public 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person called \"contract farming producer\" under a written agreement with another person called \"contract farming sponsor\" to the effect that his farm produce shall be purchased as specified in the agreement;\n(xi) \"Cooperative Society\" means a Cooperative Society of producers registered under the provisions of the Arunachal Pradesh Cooperative Society Act 1979 which deals in the purchase, sale, processing, or storage of Horticultural produce or is otherwise engaged in the business of disposal of horticultural produce.\n(xii) \"Export\" means dispatch of horticultural produce outside India.\n(xiii) \"Exporter\" means a person who exports horticultural produce.\n(xiv) \"E-trading\" means trading in which billing, booking, contracting, negotiating, information exchange, record keeping, and other connected activities are done electronically on computer/Internet.\n(xv) \"Labour\" means, a person engaged in loading, unloading, filling, stitching, emptying, carrying, cleaning, drying, grading, storing,stacking,bagging,stamping etc of any horticultural produce in the notified market area.\n(xvi) \"Import\" means bringing horticultural produce from outside India.\n(xvii) \"Importers\" means a person who imports horticultural produce from outside India.\n(xviii) \"License\" means license granted under section 25 of the Act.\n(xix) \"Licensee\" means a person or association, firm, company, public sector undertaking or society holding a license issued under this Act.\n(xx) \"Market\" means a market established under section 19 of this Act which includes market area, market yard/sub-yards and principal market.\n(xxi) \"Market area\" means area notified under section 19 of this Act.\n(xxii) \"Market charges\" includes on account of or in respect of commission, brokerage, weighing, measuring, loading, unloading, or carrying, cleaning, drying, sieving, stitching, stacking, hiring, gunny bags, stamping, bagging, storing, warehousing, grading, surveying, transporting and processing.\n(xxiii) \"Market functionaries\" means a trader, a commission agent, buyer, processor, a stockiest, and any other person as may be declared by the State Government.\n(xxiv) \"Market Yards\" in relation to a market area means a specified place and includes any enclosures, buildings or locality declared as such in any market by the State Government by notification.\n(xxv) \"Member\" means Member of the Board and including the Chairman of the Board.\n(xxvi) \"Marketing\" means all activities involved in the flow of Horticultural produce from the production points commencing from the stage of harvest till they reach the ultimate consumers, viz, grading, processing, storage, transport, channels of distribution and ail other functions involved in the process.\n(xxvii) \"Notification\" means notification issued under this Act and published in the official gazette.\n(xxviii) \"Notified horticultural produce\" means any horticultural produce notified under section 19 of this Act.\n(xxix) \"Person\" means includes any individual, any company, or association whether corporate or not.\n(xxx) \"Producer\" means a person who in his normal course of avocation, grows, manufactures, rears or produces, as the case may be, horticultural produce personally, through or otherwise but not doesn't includes a person who work as trader or a brokers or who is partner of the company or firm of traders or brokers otherwise engaged in the business of disposal or storage of horticultural produce other than grown, manufactured, reared or by himself through tenants or otherwise.\n(xxxi) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rule made under this Act.\n(xxxii) \"Processing\" means any one or more of a series of treatments relating to powdering, crushing, decorticating, de-husking,parboiling, polishing, Ginning, pressing, curing, cleaning, or any other manual, Mechanical, chemical or physical treatments to the raw horticultural produce or its products is subjected to.\n(xxxiii) 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            "title": "3. Establishment of the Board.",
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            "title": "4. Constitution of the Board.",
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            "content": "(A) Ex-Officio Members\n(i) The Commissioner/Secretary (Horticulture) to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh - ViceChairman.\n(ii) The Commissioner/Secretary (Agriculture) to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.\n(iii) The Secretary (Finance) or his representative to the Government of Arunachal Pradesh.\n(iv) The Registrar Cooperative Society or his Representative, Arunachal Pradesh.\n(v) The Director of Horticulture, Arunachal Pradesh.\n(vi) The Director of Agriculture, Arunachal Pradesh.\n(vii) The Managing Director, of the Horticultural Marketing Board who shall be the Member Secretary.\n(viii) One representative of NABARD, Itanagar.\n(B) Non-official members\n(i) The President of Arunachal Chamber of Commerce and Industry.\n(ii) One of the horticultural progressive farmer.",
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            "title": "5. Term of office of the Chairman and the non-official members of the Board.",
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            "content": "(a) \"The term of the office of Chairman of the Board shall be for five years and the Chairman of the Board shall be appointed or nominated by the Government from such non-official members of prominent public leaders or elected representative and shall not be removed from the post before the expiry of tenure as specified under the Act, unless, his removal is extremely warranted under law on ground of his/her involvement in the corrupt practice. If State Government feel appropriate, the Chairman of the Board may be re-appointed for another term as deem fit.\n(b) The Chairman of the Board shall exercise such powers and functions as may be delegated to him by the Board or as may be prescribed.\"",
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            "title": "6. Disqualification of Member of the Board.",
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            "content": "(a) Does not ordinarily reside within Arunachal Pradesh;\n(b) Is below 25 years of age;\n(c) Has been removed under section 8 or Section 33 of this Act;\n(d) Is of unsound mind; or\n(e) Has been declared insolvent or sentenced by a criminal court, whether within or outside Arunachal Pradesh for an offence involving immoral turpitude.",
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            "title": "7. Resignation of Members of Board.",
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            "title": "9. Appointment of officers and servants of the board.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Allowances to Chairman and Non-Official members of the Board.",
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            "title": "11. Powers and functions of Board.",
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            "content": "(i) Exercise superintendence and control over all the Committees established and constituted under this Act.\n(ii) Coordinate the working of the Committees and other affairs thereof including programmes undertaken by such Committees for the development of markets and market areas;\n(iii) Undertake the State Level Planning of the Development of Horticulture produce markets;\n(iv) Administration of the Marketing Development Fund;\n(v) To give directions to the Committees in general or any Committees in particular with a view to ensure improvement thereof;\n(vi) Any other functions specifically entrusted to it by this Act; and\n(vii) Such other functions as may be entrusted to the Board by the State Government.\n(i) To approve proposals for selection of new sites by the Committees for establishment of principal or sub-market yard;\n(ii) To approve proposal for constructing infrastructure facilities in the market area such as grading, pack houses, storage's, processing, other post harvest management facilities etc;\n(iii) To supervise and guide the Committees in the preparation of plans and estimates of construction programme undertaken by the Committee;\n(iv) To execute all works chargeable to the board fund.\n(v) to maintain accounts and get the same audited in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed.\n(vi) To publish annually at the close of the financial year its progress report, balance sheet and statement of assets and liabilities and sent copies thereof to each member of the Board and the State Government.\n(vii) To undertake marketing extension activities in the Board for the transfer of marketing technology and extension services. It may also make necessary arrangement for propaganda and publicity on matters related to regulate marketing of an Horticulture produce and development of marketing;\n(viii) To provide facilities for the training of officers and staff of Committees and the Board after assessing the demand for trained personnel in Horticulture at all levels:\n(xi) To do such other things as may be of general interest to Committees or considered necessary for the efficient functioning of the Board;\n(xii) To organize and promote grading and standardization of notified Horticulture produce and e-trading; and\n(xiii) To set up Horticulture Produce Marketing Standards Bureau to perform such functions and duties as may be prescribed for the purpose of promotion of grading, standardization and quality certification of Horticulture produce in the State;",
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            "title": "12. Powers and functions of the Managing Director of the Board.",
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            "content": "(i) Exercise supervision and control over officers and staff of the Board in matters of executive administration, concerning accounts and records and disposal of all questions relating to the service of the employees in accordance with the procedure as may be prescribed;\n(ii) Incur expenditure from the Marketing Development /corpus fund on the sanctioned items of work;\n(iii) Have the same powers as are conferred under the financial rules of the State Government on the Head of the Department and declared as head of the Department and exercise such other powers and discharge such other duties as may be prescribed:\n(iv) To sanction all type of leave, draw salaries, T.A. Bills etc of all categories of employees under the Board;\n(v) To be the appointing authority of group C and D employees including contingency staff.\n(vi) Have the power to transfer employees Committee of the Board and vice-versa administrative grounds;\n(vii) In case of emergency, direct (sic) or stoppage of any work and (sic) which requires the sanction (sic).\n(viii) Prepare annual budget of the Board;\n(ix) Arrange for internal audit of the Board and maintain records of the proceedings of the meeting of the Board in accordance with the procedure as may be prescribed:\n(x) Take such steps as deemed necessary for execution of the decision of the Board;\n(xi) Inspect the construction work undertaken by the Committees either from their own funds or loans and or grants provided by the Board or any other agencies and take corrective measures;\n(xii) Report such acts either of the Committees or of the Board which are contrary to the provisions laid down under this Act or rules and bye-laws made thereunder to the State Government; and\n(xiii) Take such steps as deemed necessary for effective discharge of the functions of the Board.",
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            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Meeting of the board.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Quorum.",
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            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Act of the Board not be invalidated.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Appointment of Sub-Committee.",
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            "content": "17.",
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Delegation of Powers.",
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            "content": "Chapter - II\nRegulation of Trading and Contract Farming",
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            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Notification of intention of developing and regulating Marketing of Notified Horticultural Produce.",
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            "title": "20. Notification of intention to alter Limits of or to split up market area to De- stablish a market.",
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            "content": "(a) Alter the limits of a market area by including, within it any other area in the vicinity thereof or by excluding therefrom any area comprised therein; or\n(b) Amalgamate two or more market areas and constitute one committee thereof; or\n(c) Split up a market area and constitute two or more committees thereof; or\n(d) De-Establish a market.\n(a) Include the area or any part thereof in the market area or exclude it therefrom;\n(b) Constitute a new Committee for the market area amalgamated; or\n(c) Split up an existing market area and constitute two or more Committees for such areas, as the case may be; or\n(d) De-Establish a market.",
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            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Market yards, Sub-Market Yards, farmer's Consumer and private Market Yards.",
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            "content": "(i) Market yard managed by the Committee;\n(ii) One or more than one sub-market yards managed by the Committee; and\n(iii) Private market yards, private markets farmers and consumer markets managed by a person other than a Committee.",
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            "title": "22. Establishment of private yards, and direct purchase of Horticulture Produce from Horticultural producers.",
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            "content": "(a) The process of the notified Horticultural produce.\n(b) The Trade of notified Horticultural produce of particular specification;\n(c) The export of notified Horticulture produce; and\n(d) The grading, packing and transaction in other way by value addition of notified Horticultural produce, shall make an application for obtaining license in accordance with the provisions of section 25 of this Act.",
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            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Establishment of consumer's or farmers markets and creation of post harvest management Facilities by the Farmers/ Horticulturist or Horticultural producer.",
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            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Contract Farming.",
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            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Grant and renewal of license of Private yard.",
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            "content": "(i) The Committee dues are outstanding against the applicants.\n(ii) The applicants are minor or bonafide;\n(iii) The applicant has been declared defaulter under the Act and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder;\n(iv) The applicant having been declared guilty in any criminal case and convicted with imprisonment;\n(v) The State Government is satisfied that granting or renewal of license to the applicant is not going to promote the interest of the producers;\n(vi) There is any other reasons which the Managing Director of Board may consider to be against the interest of producers or consumers.",
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            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Power to cancel or suspend license.",
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            "content": "(a) If the license has been obtained (sic) misrepresentation or fraud; or (sic)\n(b) If the holder of the license or any of his/her servant or any person acting on his/her behalf, commits a breach of any of the terms or conditions of license; or\n(c) If the holder of the license in combination with other license commits any act or abstains from carrying on his/her normal business in the market area with the intention of will fully obstructing, suspending or stopping the marketing of notified horticultural produce in the market yard/sub-market yard and in consequences whereof the marketing of the notified horticultural produce has been obstructed, suspended;\n(d) If the holder of the license has become an insolvent; or\n(e) If the holder of the license incurs any disqualification as may be prescribed; or\n(f) If the holder of the license has committed of any offence under this Act, for the first time and committed the same offence within three years for subsequent convictions.",
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            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Regulation of marketing of Notified horticultural produce.",
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            "content": "(i) Use any place in the market area for the marketing of notified horticultural produce and\n(ii) Operate in the market area as a market functionaries.\n(i) Where the sale is made by the producer himself to any person for his/her domestic consumption in the quantity up to prescribed limit;",
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            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Sale of notified horticultural Produce in the market.",
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            "content": "Chapter - IV\nEstablishment, Constitution. Powers and Functions of The Committee In Districts",
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            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Establishment of the Committee in district.",
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            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Constitution of the Committee in Districts.",
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            "content": "(i) Deputy Commissioner/ADC - Chairman;\n(ii) DHO/District Marketing Officer-Vice- Chairman\n(iii) DAO\n(iv) DVO\n(v) ARCS\n(vi) DFDO.\n(vii) SDHOs shall function as Marketing Manager-cum-Secretary/HDO Headquarter.\n(viii) Assistant Marketing Managers or HMOs",
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            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Term of office of the member of the Committee.",
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            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Disqualification of member of the Committee.",
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            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Removal of members of the Committee.",
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            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Meeting of the Committee.",
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            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Act of Committee not to be invalidated.",
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            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Powers and functions of the Committee.",
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            "content": "(a) enforce the provisions of this Act, and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder in the notified markets.\n(b) establish a market in the market area and provide such facilities for persons visiting in connection with the purchase, sale, storage, weighment and processing of horticultural produce concerned as the Board may, from time to time direct.\n(c) do such other act as may be required in the relation to the superintendence, direction and control of market or for regulating marketing of horticultural produce in any place in the market area and for the purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, and for that purpose may exercise such powers provided under this Act; and\n(d) do all such other acts which may bring complete transparency in the pricing system and transaction taking place in the market area.\n(i) Maintain and manage the market yards and sub-yard market yards within the market area.\n(ii) Provide necessary facilities for the marketing and facilities for the transportation of horticultural produce within the market yards and sub-market yards and outside the yards and within the sub-market yards and outside sub- market yards in the market area.\n(iii) Regulate, conduct or supervise the auction of notified Horticultural produce in accordance with the provision and procedure laid down under the rules made under this Act or bye-laws of the Committee.\n(iv) Regulate the making, carrying out and enforcement or cancellation of agreements of sales weighment, delivery, payment and all other matters relating to the market of notified Horticultural produce in the manner prescribed.\n(v) Provide for the settlement of all disputes between the seller and the buyer arising out on any kind of transaction Horticultural produce and all matters ancillary thereof.\n(vi) Take all possible steps to prevent adulteration of notified Horticulture produce.\n(vii) Make registration for weighmen and labour for weighing and transporting of goods in respect of transactions held in the market yard or sub-yards\n(viii) Set up and promote public-private partnership in management of the markets.\n(ix) Promote public -private partnership for carrying out extension activities in its area viz, collection, maintenance and dissemination of information in respect of production, sale, storage, processing, prices and movement of notified Horticulture produce.\n(x) Levy, take, recover and receive rates, charges, fees and other sums of money to which the Committee is entitled.\n(xi) Regulate the entry of persons and vehicles, traffic into the market yard and sub-market yard visiting the market.\n(xii) Compound offences committed under this Act (except section 27) or rules and bye-laws made thereunder.\n(xiii) Acquire land and dispose off any movable or immovable property for the purpose of efficiently carrying out its duties.\n(xiv) Institute or defend any suit., prosecution, action, proceeding, application or arbitration and compromise such suit, action, proceeding, application or arbitration.\n(xv) Keep a set of standard weights and measures in each principal market yard and sub-market yard against which weighment and measurement may be checked.\n(xvi) Inspect and verify scales, weight and measures in use in a market area and also the books of accounts and other documents maintained by the market functionaries in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed.\n(xvii) Arrange to obtain fitness (health) certificates from which are bought or sold in the market yard or market area.\n(xviii) Carry out publicity about the benefits of regulation, the system of transaction, facilities provided in the market yard etc; through various means such as poster, pamphlets, hoardings, cinema slides, film shows, group meetings, electronic media etc; or through any other means considered more effective or necessary.\n(xix) Ensure payment in respect of transaction which take place in the market yard to be made on same day to the seller, and in default to seize the Horticultural produce in question alongwith other property of the person concerned and to arrange for re-sale thereof and in the event of loss, to recover with charges for recovery of the losses, if any, from the original buyer and effect payment of the price of the Horticulture produce to the seller.\n(xx) Recover the charges in respect of weigh men and distribute the same to the weighmen and labour if not paid by the purchaser or seller, as the case may be.\n(xxi) Collect and maintain information in respect of production, sale, storage, processing prices and movement of notified Horticulture produce and disseminate such information as may be directed by the Board.\n(xxii) With a view to maintain stability in the market, take suitable measures to ensure that traders do not buy Horticultural produce beyond their capacity and avoid risk to the sellers in disposing off the produce, and grant licenses only after obtaining necessary security in cash as bank guarantee according to the capacity of the buyers; and\n(xxiii)Promote and undertake Horticulture processing including activity for value addition in Horticultural produce.\n(i) Construction of roads, godowns, rope ways and other infrastructure in the market area to facilitate marketing of Horticultural produce and for the purpose give funds by the Board.\n(ii) To provide on rent storage facilities for stocking of Horticulture produce to Horticultural producers.\n(iii) To promote and encourage e-trading, system, create infrastructure and undertake other activities and steps needed thereof.\n(iv) To maintain and circulate from time to time the data of arrivals and rates of Horticulture produces standard-wise brought into the market area for sale as may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Registration of market functionaries.",
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            "content": "(i) If the applicant is a minor.\n(ii) If the applicant has been declared defaulter; or\n(iii) If the applicant has been found guilty under this Act, the rules and bye-laws made thereunder.",
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        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Appointment of Secretary of the Committee.",
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        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Appointment of Sub-Committee and delegation of powers.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Powers and duties of the Secretary of Committee.",
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            "content": "(i) To convene the meetings of the Committee and the Sub-Committees, if any, and maintain minutes of the meetings thereof.\n(ii) To attend the meetings of the Committee and Sub-Committee and take part in the discussion.\n(iii) To take steps to give effect to the resolution of the Committee and of the Sub-Committee and report all actions taken in pursuance of such resolution to the Committee in the next meeting.\n(iv) To prepare the annual budget proposal of the Committee.\n(v) To furnish to the Committee such returns, statement, estimates, statistics and reports as the Committee may from time to time, require including following information\n(a) The fines and penalties imposed on and any disciplinary action taken against the members or the staff and the market functionaries and others.\n(b) Over trading by traders.\n(c) Regarding contravention of the Act, the rules, the bye-laws or the standing orders, if any, by any person.\n(d) Regarding the suspension or cancellation of licence by the Managing Director of the Board.\n(e) Regarding the administration of the Committee and the regulation of the marketing.\n(vi) Produce before the Committee books, registers and other documents as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of the Committee or the Sub-Committee, and also whenever called upon by the Committee to do so.\n(vii) Exercise supervision and control over the acts of all officers and servants of the Committee.\n(viii) Collect fees and other money leviable by or due to the Committee.\n(ix) Be responsible for all money credited to or received on behalf of the Committee.\n(x) Make disbursement of ail money lawfully payable by the Committee.\n(xi) Operate, Maintain and transact the Committee fund.\n(xii) Report to the Managing Director of the Board, as soon as possible, in respect of fraud, embezzlement, theft or shortage of Committee fund or property; and\n(xiii) Prefer complaints in respect of prosecutions to be launched on behalf of the Committee and conduct proceedings, Civil or criminal on behalf of the Committee.\nChapter - V\nFinance, Accounts and Audit of The Board and The Committee",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Levy of market Fee.",
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            "content": "(i) On the sale or purchase of notified Horticultural produce, whether brought from within the State or from outside the State into the market area; and\n(ii) On the notified Horticulture produce whether brought from within the State or from outside the State into the market area for processing.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Single Point levy.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Marketing Development Fund/corpus fund.",
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            "content": "(i) From any other agency; or\n(ii) Issue debentures on the authority of any property vested in it or on the security of a part of its future income accruing to it under this Act, or the rules made thereunder.\n(i) Payment of administrative expenditure of the Board.\n(ii) Travelling and other allowance to the employees of the Board. Chairman and its members.\n(iii) Payment of wages/salaries of contingencies staff.\n(iv) Meeting any legal expenses incurred by the Board.\n(v) Giving aid to financially week Committees in the shape of loans and grants on the term and conditions as may be prescribed Propaganda and publicity on matters relating to marketing of Horticulture produce.\n(vi) Training of the and staff of the Committees and Board and also to Horticulturists.\n(vii) Meeting expenditure in marketing extension activities and e-trading.\n(viii) Organizing and arranging workshops, seminars, exhibitions, etc; on development of marketing.\n(ix) Maintenance of the office of the Board and construction and repair of its office buildings, rest house, and staff quarters.\n(x) General improvement of the regulation of marketing in the State.\n(xi) Loans and advances to the employees.\n(xii) Expenses incurred in auditing the accounts of the board.\n(xiii) Providing technical and administrative assistance to the Committee, including execution of works.\n(xiv) Market survey and research, grading and standardization, quality certification of horticulture produce and other allied subjects.\n(xv) Grading and standardization of Horticultural produce.\n(xvi) Collection and dissemination of market rates and news.\n(xvii) Better marketing of Horticultural produce; and\n(xviii) With the previous sanction of the State Government, any other purpose which is calculated to promote the general interest of the Board, Committees or national or public interest.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Annual budget of the Board.",
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            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Accounts, Audit and Annual Report of the Board.",
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        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Committee Fund.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Preparation and sanction of budget of Committee.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Purpose for which the Committee fund may be expended.",
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            "content": "(i) The acquisition of a site or sites for the market.\n(ii) The establishment, maintenance and improvement of the market yard.\n(iii) The convenience and repairs of buildings necessary for the purpose of the market yard and for convenience or safety of the persons using the market yard.\n(iv) The maintenance of standard weights and measures.\n(v) The meeting of establishment charges including payments and contributions towards provident fund, pension and gratuity of the officers and servants etc. of the Committee.\n(vi) Loans and advances to the employees of the committee.\n(vii) The payment of interest on the loans that may be raised for the purpose of the market and provisions of sinking fund in respect of such loans.\n(viii) The collection and dissemination of information relating to the Horticultural produce.\n(ix) The expenses incurred in auditing the accounts of the Committee and expenses incurred in the maintenance of the offices.\n(x) Payment of honorarium and travelling allowance to the Chairman and other non-employees of the committee and employees of the committee as may be prescribed.\n(xi) Contribution to Marketing Development Fund.\n(xii) Contribution to any scheme for development of Horticultural marketing including transport.\n(xiii) For providing facilities like grading, standardization, and quality certification services and communication to Horticulturist in the market area.\n(xiv) Incurring expenses on research and development, extension and training to farmers in marketing of Horticultural produce.\n(xv) Prevention, in conjunction with other Agencies, State, Central, and others of distress sale of Horticultural produce.\n(xvi) Fostering cooperative marketing and assisting cooperative marketing societies in the procurement and profitable disposal of produce particularly the produce belonging to small and marginal farmers.\n(xvii) Create and promote on its own or through public- private partnership infrastructure and post harvest handling of Horticulture produce, cold storage's, proceeding facilities, pack houses and all such infrastructure to develop modern market system.\n(xviii) Meeting any legal expenses incurred by the committee.\n(xix) On the training and skill enhancement of staff of the committee; and\n(xx) With the previous sanction of the board, any other purpose which is calculated to promote the general interests of the committee or the notified market area or any other purpose calculated to promote the national interest.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 46
        },
        {
            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Power to borrow.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter - VI\nControl",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 47
        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Inspection of Markets and enquiry into the affairs of the Committee.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Inspect or cause to be inspected the accounts and offices of the committee.\n(b) Hold inquiry into the affairs of a committee.\n(c) Call from a committees return, statement, accounts or reports which he may think fit to require such committee to furnish.\n(d) Require the committee to take into consideration\n(i) Any objection on the ground of illegality, inexpediency, impropriety which appears to him to exist to the doing of anything which is about to be done or is being done by or on behalf of such committee; or\n(ii) Any information he is able to furnish and which appears to him to necessitate the doing of a certain thing by such committee.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 48
        },
        {
            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. Power to Call for proceedings of committee or Board.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "52",
            "title": "52. Power to Prohibit execution or further execution of resolution passed or order made by the committee.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "53",
            "title": "53. Liability of Chairman, Members and employees for loss, wastes or misappropriation etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 51
        },
        {
            "number": "54",
            "title": "54. Members, Officers and Officials of the Board and Committee to be public servants.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "55",
            "title": "55. Prohibition of trade Allowances.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "56",
            "title": "56. Power to order production of accounts, entry, inspection and seizure.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 54
        },
        {
            "number": "57",
            "title": "57. Submission of annual accounts by license and registered functionaries and assessment.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 55
        },
        {
            "number": "58",
            "title": "58. Assessment of Market fee.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 56
        },
        {
            "number": "59",
            "title": "59. Power to stop Vehicles.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 57
        },
        {
            "number": "60",
            "title": "60. Power to remove encroachments in market yard.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 58
        },
        {
            "number": "61",
            "title": "61. Power to grant exemption from market fees.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 59
        },
        {
            "number": "62",
            "title": "62. Power to write off irrecoverable fee etc.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "63",
            "title": "63. Recovery of Sums due to the Board or the committee.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 61
        },
        {
            "number": "64",
            "title": "64. Redressal of dispute between Private Market or Consumer Market and Committee.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 62
        },
        {
            "number": "65",
            "title": "65. Appeal.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) The Committee, where such order is passed by the Secretary of the Committee with in thirty days from the date of order;\n(b) The Board, where such order is passed by the committee of the Board within thirty days from the date of order; and\n(c) The State Government, where such order is passed by the Managing Director of the Board or by the Board, within thirty days from the date of such order.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 63
        },
        {
            "number": "66",
            "title": "66. Bar to civil suit and Protection to person acting in good faith.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 64
        },
        {
            "number": "67",
            "title": "67. Bar to suit in absence of notice.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 65
        },
        {
            "number": "68",
            "title": "68. Power of the State Government to amend the Schedule.",
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            "content": "Chapter - VII\nPenalty",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 66
        },
        {
            "number": "69",
            "title": "69. Penalty for contravention of Act, Rules and Bye-laws.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 67
        },
        {
            "number": "70",
            "title": "70. Recovery of Market dues.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 68
        },
        {
            "number": "71",
            "title": "71. Cognizance of offences.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 69
        },
        {
            "number": "72",
            "title": "72. Power to Compound offences.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Where the offence consists of the failure to pay or the evasion of any fee, or other amount recoverable under this Act or the rules or the bye-laws made thereunder in addition to the fee or other amounts so recoverable, a sum of money not less than the amount of the fee or other amount and not more than five times the amount of fee or other amount; and\n(b) In other cases a sum of money not exceeding five thousand rupees.\nChapter - VIII\nMiscellaneous",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "73",
            "title": "73. Mode of making Contract.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) Secretary of the Committee may execute contract or agreement on behalf of the Committee where the amount or value of such contract or agreement does not exceed rupees five thousand regarding matters in respect of which he is generally or specifically authorized to do so by a resolution of the Committee.\n(b) The Chairman and the Secretary of the Committee may jointly execute a contract or an agreement on behalf of the committee when the amount or value of such contract or agreement does not exceed rupees twenty thousand.\n(c) In any case other than those referred to in clauses (a) and (b), a contract or agreement on behalf of the Committee may be executed by the Chairman, Secretary and two other Members of the committee of whom one shall be ex-officio member who have been generally or specially authorized by a resolution of the Committee to do so.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 71
        },
        {
            "number": "74",
            "title": "74. Acquisition of Land for the Board and Committee.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 72
        },
        {
            "number": "75",
            "title": "75. Supersession of the board and the Committee.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 73
        },
        {
            "number": "76",
            "title": "76. Reference to arbitrator in case of dispute.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 74
        },
        {
            "number": "77",
            "title": "77. Power to make Rules.",
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            "content": "(a) The quantity of Horticultural produces for retail sale under section-2.\n(b) The sitting fee and allowances to be paid from the fund of the Board to the Chairman and non-official members of the Board under section 10.\n(c) The procedure and form for maintaining the accounts of the Board and audit thereof under sub-section (2) (v) of section 11.\n(d) The duties and functions to be discharged by the Horticultural Produce Marketing Standards Bureau for the promotion of grading, standardization and quality certification of Horticultural produce under sub-section (2) (xii) of section 11.\n(e) The procedure to be followed in exercise of supervision and control over officers and staff of the Board by the Secretary in the matter of administration, accounts and records and disposal of all questions relating to the service of the employees.\n(f) The powers and duties to be exercised and discharged by the Secretary of the Board under section 12 (iii).\n(g) The procedure to be followed in maintaining records of the proceedings of the meetings of the Board under section 12 (ix).\n(h) The development of infrastructure to establish consumers or farmers markets and the procedure for the sale of Horticultural produce by the producer direct to the consumer in the market area under section 23 (1).\n(i) The form of agreement for contract farming and the manner in which a person shall enter into agreement with contract farming producer under section 24.\n(j) The application for grant and renewal of license for establishment of private yard, consumer and farmer market, the period for which the license is to be issued, the form of licence and the conditions and the fee to be charged for grant of such licence under section 25 (1).\n(k) The disqualifications for suspension/ cancellation of licence under section 26 (e).\n(i) The maximum quantity which can be sold by the producer direct to any person for domestic consumption and the maximum quantity of the Horticultural produce purchase or sale of which can be undertaken by petty trader under sub-section (2) of section 27.\n(m) The transparent system to be followed for settlement of price of the notified Horticultural produce for sale into the market yard under sub-section (2) of section 28.\n(n) The manner and procedure to be followed by the Committee for the conduct of its business under sub-section (3) of section 34.\n(o) The procedure to be followed by the Committee to regulate the making, carrying out and enforcement or cancellation of agreements of sales weight men, delivery, payment and other matters relating to the market of notified Horticultural produce under clause (iv) of sub-section (2) of section 36.\n(p) The form and the manner and procedure to be followed for the maintaining of books of accounts and other documents by the market functionaries under clause (xvi) of sub-section (2) section.\n(q) The procedure and the manner to be followed for maintain and circulating the date of arrivals and rates of Horticultural produce standard wise brought into the market area for sale under clause (iv) of sub-section (3) of section 36.\n(r) The form of application for registration or renewal of registration, the form of registration/certificate or renewal of registration certificate, the period within which application for registration or renewal of registration is to be made and the fee for such registration or renewal of registration under section 40 (1) (3).\n(s) The manner and the procedure to be followed by the Committee for levy and collection of market fee under section 41.\n(t) The terms and conditions subjects to which financial weak committees may be aided by granting loans and grants out of the marketing development fund under clause (v) of sub-section (4) of section 43.\n(u) The form, time and procedure to be followed in preparation of annual report by the board under sub-section (1) of section 48.\n(v) The manner in which the surplus remaining with the committee shall be invested under sub-section (1) of section 46\n(w) The manner in which any money received by the committee by way of arbitration fee, security for cost in arbitration proceeding, security deposit, contribution to provident fund, payment in respect of any notified Horticultural produce, other charges payable by the Committee or such other money received by the Committee under the rules or bye-laws, shall be kept under sub-section (2) of section 46\n(x) The form, procedure and manner and the period within which the Committee shall prepare and pass the budget and its income and expenditure for the ensuing year under sub-section (1) of section 47.\n(y) The manner and procedure for payment of honorarium and travelling allowance to the Chairman and other non-official members of the Committee and to the employees of the Committee under clause (x) of section 48.\n(z) The conditions subject to which the committee for the purpose for meeting the initial expenditure on lands, buildings and equipments required of the establishment of market, may obtain loan from the State Government or the board or other Committees or financial institutions under sub-section (2) of section 49.\n(za) The form and the manner in which a statement of transaction shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Committee for the previous financial year ending on 31st March under sub-section (1) of section 57.\n(zb) The form and the manner in which an appeal may be filed under sub-section (1) of section 65; and\n(zc) Any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.",
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            "sort_order": 75
        },
        {
            "number": "78",
            "title": "78. Power to make Regulations.",
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            "content": "(i) The regulation of business of the Market Committee.\n(ii) The conditions of trading in market,\n(iii) The delegation of powers, duties and functions to a sub-committee, if any.\n(iv) Enabling and regulating e-trading.\n(v) Any other matters for which bye-laws are to be made under this Act or it may be necessary to frame bye-laws for effectively implementing the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder in the market area.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 76
        },
        {
            "number": "79",
            "title": "79. Power to make Rules.",
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            "content": "(a) Summoning and holding of meetings of the Board, the time and date when such meetings are to be held, the conduct of business at such meetings.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 77
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        {
            "number": "80",
            "title": "80. Repeal and savings.",
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            "content": "(b) Powers and duties of the officers and other employees of the Board.\n(c) Salaries and allowances and other conditions of service of officers and other employees of the Board and the market Committee.\n(d) Management of accounts and the preparation of balance sheet by the Board.\n(e) Execution of contracts on behalf of the Board.\n(f) Maintenance of accounts and the preparation of balance sheet by the Board.\n(g) Procedure for carrying out the functions of the Board under this Act.\n(h) Other matter for which provision is to be or may be made in regulation.\nThe Schedule\n( See section 2 (a) and section 68)\nItem\nItem\nEnglish Name\nEnglish Name\nHindi Name\nHindi Name\n1\n2\n3",
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        "Act ID": "Last Updated 24th February, 2020 [aru019]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 9 of 2014)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2014",
        "Short Title": "Arunachal Pradesh (Horticultural Produce, Marketing and Processing) Board Act, 2014",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Arunachal Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}
Arunachal Pradesh (Horticultural Produce, Marketing and Processing) Board Act, 2014

Sections

1. Short title, Extent and commencement.

2. Definition.

3. Establishment of the Board.

4. Constitution of the Board.

5. Term of office of the Chairman and the non-official members of the Board.

6. Disqualification of Member of the Board.

7. Resignation of Members of Board.

8. Removal of member of board.

9. Appointment of officers and servants of the board.

10. Allowances to Chairman and Non-Official members of the Board.

11. Powers and functions of Board.

12. Powers and functions of the Managing Director of the Board.

13. Meeting of the board.

14. Quorum.

15. Act of the Board not be invalidated.

16. Appointment of Sub-Committee.

18. Delegation of Powers.

19. Notification of intention of developing and regulating Marketing of Notified Horticultural Produce.

20. Notification of intention to alter Limits of or to split up market area to De- stablish a market.

21. Market yards, Sub-Market Yards, farmer's Consumer and private Market Yards.

22. Establishment of private yards, and direct purchase of Horticulture Produce from Horticultural producers.

23. Establishment of consumer's or farmers markets and creation of post harvest management Facilities by the Farmers/ Horticulturist or Horticultural producer.

24. Contract Farming.

25. Grant and renewal of license of Private yard.

26. Power to cancel or suspend license.

27. Regulation of marketing of Notified horticultural produce.

28. Sale of notified horticultural Produce in the market.

29. Establishment of the Committee in district.

30. Constitution of the Committee in Districts.

31. Term of office of the member of the Committee.

32. Disqualification of member of the Committee.

33. Removal of members of the Committee.

34. Meeting of the Committee.

35. Act of Committee not to be invalidated.

36. Powers and functions of the Committee.

37. Registration of market functionaries.

38. Appointment of Secretary of the Committee.

39. Appointment of Sub-Committee and delegation of powers.

40. Powers and duties of the Secretary of Committee.

41. Levy of market Fee.

42. Single Point levy.

43. Marketing Development Fund/corpus fund.

44. Annual budget of the Board.

45. Accounts, Audit and Annual Report of the Board.

46. Committee Fund.

47. Preparation and sanction of budget of Committee.

48. Purpose for which the Committee fund may be expended.

49. Power to borrow.

50. Inspection of Markets and enquiry into the affairs of the Committee.

51. Power to Call for proceedings of committee or Board.

52. Power to Prohibit execution or further execution of resolution passed or order made by the committee.

53. Liability of Chairman, Members and employees for loss, wastes or misappropriation etc.

54. Members, Officers and Officials of the Board and Committee to be public servants.

55. Prohibition of trade Allowances.

56. Power to order production of accounts, entry, inspection and seizure.

57. Submission of annual accounts by license and registered functionaries and assessment.

58. Assessment of Market fee.

59. Power to stop Vehicles.

60. Power to remove encroachments in market yard.

61. Power to grant exemption from market fees.

62. Power to write off irrecoverable fee etc.

63. Recovery of Sums due to the Board or the committee.

64. Redressal of dispute between Private Market or Consumer Market and Committee.

65. Appeal.

66. Bar to civil suit and Protection to person acting in good faith.

67. Bar to suit in absence of notice.

68. Power of the State Government to amend the Schedule.

69. Penalty for contravention of Act, Rules and Bye-laws.

70. Recovery of Market dues.

71. Cognizance of offences.

72. Power to Compound offences.

73. Mode of making Contract.

74. Acquisition of Land for the Board and Committee.

75. Supersession of the board and the Committee.

76. Reference to arbitrator in case of dispute.

77. Power to make Rules.

78. Power to make Regulations.

79. Power to make Rules.
