The Assam State Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1975

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    "slug": "the-assam-state-agricultural-produce-markets-general-rules-1975-1975",
    "title": "The Assam State Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1975",
    "short_title": "The Assam State Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1975",
    "act_number": "Published vide Notification Number AGA. 393/75/513",
    "act_year": 1975,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Assam",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Assam State Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1975",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extend and commencement.",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Constitution of the Board.",
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            "content": "(i) Under Section 3(1)(a) the Director of Agriculture, Government of Assam shall submit a panel of three names, from amongst progressive farmers or from rural social workers of long standing background of Assam for nomination of one from amongst them as Chairman of the Board, [deleted]\n(ii) Under Section 3(1)(c)(i) until such time the market committee are formed the Director of Agriculture, Government of Assam shall submit a panel of four names of agriculturists and thereafter the panel of four names will be from amongst the names of agriculturists members one each sent by the market committees to the Government of Assam for nomination of one agriculturist member of the Board, [deleted].\n(iii) Under Section 3 (1) (c) (ii) the Director of Agriculture, Government of Assam shall submit a panel of four names from amongst the Chairman of the Agricultural Farming Corporations to the Government of Assam for nomination of one member to the Board from the Agricultural Farming Corporations.\n(iv) Under Section 3 (1) (c) (iii) the Director of Agriculture, Government of Assam shall submit a panel of six names of progressive farmers representing various farming communities of the State of Assam and they shall be small or marginal farmers to the Government of Assam for nomination of two from amongst them to the Board, [deleted].\n(v) Under Section 3 (1) (c) (iv) the Director of Agriculture, Government of Assam shall submit a panel of four names from amongst the licensees of each market areas representing different traders of agricultural produce in the markets to the Government of Assam for nomination of one member to the Board and such names will be selected by the Director of Agriculture, Government of Assam from a list of one such name sent from each market committee; and until such time the market committees are formed this membership shall remain vacant, [deleted]\n(vi) Under Section 3 (1) (c) (v) the Registrar shall submit a panel of three names from amongst the Chairman of the Co-operative Marketing Societies represented in the market committees, to the Government of Assam for nomination of one member to the Board, and till market committees are formed the panel shall consist from amongst the Chairman of the Co-operative Marketing Societies of the market areas.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Control and superintendence of the market committees.",
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            "content": "(1) all the employees of the market committees shall be under control and superintendence of the Board;\n(2) the market committee shall be guided by the Board. The Board may also frame by-laws-\n(a) for better marketing of agricultural produce on co-operative lines;\n(b) for uniform grading and standardization of agricultural produce;\n(c) for the general improvement of the markets of their respective notified market areas :\n(d) for the classification of the Committee on the basis of their income for the purpose of fixing the grades of their Secretaries and other employees; and\n(e) for any other purpose which, in the opinion of the Board is calculated to promote the interest of the Committee or to lead to improvement of marketing agricultural produce and agriculture in general.\n(3) The Board shall sanction the budget of the Committee and the Committee shall submit their annual budget to the Board not later than the last week of February preceding the year to which the budget relates. If the budget is not received back by the Committee concerned within two months of the date of despatch it shall be presumed to have been sanctioned.\n(4) The Board shall examine the annual assessment of work and progress of the Committees sent by the Chairman of the Committees in the form of Annual Reports including the audited accounts of the Committees for the preceding financial year not later than the last week of May of the succeeding year. In case the Board disagrees with the Chairman of the Committee concerned, the Secretary of the Board shall convey the opinion of the board to the Chairman of the Committee concerned and in that case the Chairman of the Committee shall send appropriate replies to the objections within the time specified by the Secretary of the Board.\n(5) If the Board in its opinion finds that the financial position of a Committee does not warrant the payment of travelling and daily allowance and also the remuneration etc, if any, to the members of the Committee in the rates approved by the Committees, the Board may fix such scales of daily and travelling allowances or remunerations as the Board may think proper.\n(6) References from Committees to any Government Department other than district authorities and local bodies shall be made through the Secretary of the Board. For the purpose of this sub- rule the term \"Government\" includes the State and also the Government of India, as the case may be.\n(7) The Chairman or the Secretary of the Board or any other employee of the Board not lower than the rank of that of an Inspector authorised in this behalf by the Secretary of the Board may at any time inspect, examine and check the weighing instruments, weights, measurers kept by a Committee. After inspection the inspecting authority may give such directions as it may deem proper and the Committee shall be bound to comply with such directions. The inspecting authorities as prescribed herein may, at any time and without previous notice, inspect, examine and test any weighing instrument, weights or measures used, kept or possessed within a notified market area by a licensee, and every such licensee in possession of any such weighing instrument, weight or measure shall when required, be bound to produce before the person entitled so to inspect, examine and test it.\n(8) The Chairman or the Secretary of the Board or any other employee of the Board authorised by the Board may at any time inspect and examine the records and the accounts of the Committee and issue such directions to the Committees as deem proper and the Committee shall be bound to comply with such directions.\n(9) The Board shall issue instructions and directions to the Committees wherever necessary towards the fulfilment of the objects and purposes of the Act and the Committee shall be bound to follow such instructions and directions.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Budget of the Board and Committee.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Functions and powers of Chairman and Secretary of the Board.",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Matters on which Board may frame bye-laws.",
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            "content": "(a) the maintenance and regulation of the rest-house staff quarters and other buildings of the Board;\n(b) the procedure for giving aid to financially weak committees;\n(c) the allowances payable to the member of the Board, market committee or Advisory Committees :\n(d) propaganda, demonstration, publicity and education for improvement of marketing and agriculture, and\n(e) the person or persons by whom, and the manner in which a contract may be entered into on behalf of the Board and market committees.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Publication of notification under Sections 4(1) and 5(1).",
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            "content": "(a) by publication in the regional language or in such other language and in such newspapers as in the opinion of the Chairman of the Board will give due publicity among the persons likely to be affected thereby;\n(b) by affixing a copy of the notification in the regional language or in such other language as may be considered necessary by the Chairman of the Board, in the office of every Town Committee, Municipal Board, market committee, Mahkuma Parishad, Gaon Panchayat, Block Development Officer, Agricultural Officer, Sub-divisional Officers (Civil), Sub-Deputy Collector, if any, within whose jurisdiction the notified market area of or any part thereof is situate, and at some conspicuous place in the existing market, if any;\n(c) by affixing a copy of the notification in the regional language or such other language as may be considered necessary by the Chairman of the Board, in the principal common meeting places, if any, of every village within the notified market areas;\n(d) by beat of drum in the village within the notified market areas;\n(e) by announcement in the radio in regional language or in such other languages as may be considered necessary by the Chairman of the Board.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Constitution of Market Committees for the first time.",
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        {
            "number": "9A",
            "title": "9A. Constitution of Market Committee other than the one constituted for the first time.",
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            "content": "(1) For the purpose of conducting election for re-constitution of a market Committee there shall be an Election Authority consisting of the following, namely-\n(i) the Deputy Commissioner of the District in whose jurisdiction the major portion of a notified market area is situated as Chairman;\n(ii) the District Level Head of Cooperation Department within whose jurisdiction the major portion of the notified market area is situated-as Member;\n(iii) the District Agricultural Officer within whose jurisdiction the major portion of the notified market area is situated-as Member-Secretary.\n(2) The Election Authority shall have all the powers for preparing supervising and conducting the election to the Market Committees. The power of over all superintendence is also vested with the Election Authority.\n(3) The Assam State Agricultural Marketing Board shall issue notification constituting the Election Authority for the purpose of election of a particular Market Committee and shall publish the same in 2 (two) vernacular news papers circulated in that area. The notification constituting the Election Authority shall be issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the Board within 3 (three) months before the date of expiry of the tenure of a Market Committee reckoning the date on which the first meeting of the outgoing Committee was held.\n(4) Within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of publication of the notification constituting the Election Authority, the Election Authority shall form the constituencies as follows and publish the same in 2 (two) vernacular news papers circulated in the area-\n(i) For the purpose of electing 7 (seven) Agriculturists under Section 8(1)(i) of the Act, 7 number of Agriculturist constituencies, dividing the entire notified market area into seven portions equally, so far as practicable, shall be constituted. Each of the constituencies shall single member constituency for electing representatives of Agriculturists;\n(ii) For the purpose of electing 3 (three) Traders under Section 8(1)(n) of the Act, 3 number of Traders' constituencies, dividing the entire notified market area into three portions equally, so far as practicable, shall be constituted. Each of the constituencies shall be a single member constituency for electing representatives of Traders;\n(iii) For the purpose of electing a member (or 2 members, if the provisions contained in Section 8(l)(vii) of the Act are to be invoked in case of necessity) from amongst the members of Managing Committee or Boards of Directors of Cooperative Marketing Societies under Section 8(1)(m) of the Act, there shall be one constituency (or 2 constituencies, dividing the entire notified market area equally into 2 parts as far as practicable in case of necessity as narrated above. If so required, each of the constituencies shall be a single member constituency) for the entire notified market area for electing one representative from amongst them. The Chief Executive Officer of the Board shall inform the Election Authority within 7 (seven) days from the date of its constitution whether there is any necessity for forming 2 (two) numbers of constituencies under this clause. If no such information is received from the Chief Executive Officer of the Board within 7 (seven) days from the date of constitution of the Election Authority, it shall be presumed by the Election Authority that there is no such necessity. The Chief Executive Officer of the Board before informing the Election Authority must obtain prior information m this respect before hand from the Managing Director of the State Ware-housing Corporation;\n(iv) For the purpose of electing a member of the Concerned Municipal Board or Town Committee or Gaon Panchayat within whose jurisdiction the principal market yard is situated from amongst its members under Section 8(1)(vi) of the Act, the concerned Municipal Board of Town Committee or Gaon Panchayat, as the case may be, shall form one constituency for electing one representative from amongst such members.\n(5) The Election Authority will deploy the necessary staff at their disposal for this purpose.\n(6) Any communication with the Election Authority shall be made at the official address of the Member-secretary. Any communication on behalf of the Election Authority shall be made by the Member-Secretary.\n(7) After formation of constituencies and on its publication, the Election Authority shall undertake the task of preparation of constituency-wise voters' lists under four categories in the following manner-\n(i) For 7 numbers of Agriculturists' constituencies, 7 numbers of separate voters' list constituency-wise shall be prepared. Each of the list will contain the names of members of the concerned Gaon Panchayats falling within the constituency as formed and published;\n(ii) For 3 numbers of Traders' constituencies, 3 numbers of separate voters' lists shall be prepared separately for each constituency as formed and published. Each of the list shall contain the names of traders holding valid licence of the concerned Market Committee for whose election the list has been taken up for preparation. The trader should be in possession of a valid licence, the validity of which should not have expired already on any date before the election of the Market Committee to make him eligible to be a voter in a traders' constituency. Such a list of traders shall be submitted by the Secretary of the Concerned Market Committee with full address of each (so that the list can be divided constituency-wise by the Election Authority) to the Election Authority under his signature on being requested by the Election Authority for submission of the same within a specified period;\n(iii) For the purpose of election one member from amongst the member of the Managing Committee or Board of Directors of the Co-operative Marketing Societies three shall be one voter list consisting of the names of all members of such managing committee or Board of Directors of all the Co-operative Marketing Societies in existence in the notified market area and in case of formation of 2 numbers of constituencies for electing such members from amongst them, the voters' list containing the names of members of such Managing Committee or Board of Directors of the Co-operative Marketing Societies shall be prepared constituency-wise separate from each other. The list of the members of the Managing Committee or the Board of Directors of all the Co-operative Marketing Societies in existence in the notified Market Area shall be submitted by the concerned official of the Co-operation Department under his signature to the Election Authority on being requested for submission of the same within a specified period;\n(iv) For the purpose of electing a member of the concerned Municipal Board or Town Committee or Gaon Panchayat within whose jurisdiction the principal market yard is situated from amongst them, the voter list for this constituency shall consist of the names of all members of the concerned Municipal Board or Town Committee or Gaon Panchayat as the case may be.\n(8)(i)(a) The candidate for an Agriculturist constituency should be an agriculturist engaged in farming activities within the market area, for the membership of which he intends to contest. A certificate to that effect shall have to be obtained from the concerned Agricultural Extension Officer which should be countersigned by the Concerned Sub-Divisional Agricultural Officer;\n(b) The candidate should be a voter of the concerned Gaon Panchayat where he is engaged in farming activities;\n(ii) The candidate for a Traders' constituency should hold the valid licence as such from the concerned Market Committee for the membership of which he intends to contest;\n(iii) The candidate for constituency meant for members of Managing Committee or Board of Directors of Co-operative Marketing Societies should himself be a member of such Managing Committee or Board of Directors;\n(iv) A candidate for the constituency consisting of the entire area of a Municipal Board or Town Committee or Gaon Panchayat shall be a member of the concerned Municipal Board or the Town Committee or the Gaon Panchayat.\n(9) Without prejudice to the preceding sub-rule a candidate for any constituency should also confirm to the following-\n(i) He should be an Indian Citizen above the age of 21 (twenty one) years on the day of submitting the application for election;\n(ii) He should ordinarily reside within the notified Market Area for whose membership he intends to contest;\n(iii) He should not be of unsound mind;\n(iv) He has not been declared as insolvent or sentenced by a criminal Court whether within or outside the State of Assam for an offence involving moral turpitude during a period of preceding four years from the last day of submitting the application for election;\n(v) Has not been removed earlier under Section 30 of the Act.\n(10)(i) A voter for any Agriculturists' constituency shall be a member of any Gaon Panchayat falling within the area of that Agriculturists' constituency;\n(ii) The voter of the Traders' Constituency shall possess the same qualification as that of a candidate for the election to the Market Committee from the traders' constituency;\n(iii) The voter for a constituency for election from amongst the members of the Managing Committee or the Board of Directors of the Co-operative Marketing Societies shall possesses the same qualification as that of a candidate for election to the Market Committee from that constituency;\n(iv) The voter for the election from the constituency meant for election of one member from the concerned Municipal Board or Town Committee or Gaon Panchayat, shall possess the same qualification as that of a candidate for election to the Market Committee for that constituency.\n(11) Within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of publication of the formation of constituencies under sub-rule (4) the Chairman of the Election Authority shall issue a notification to be published in 2 numbers of vernacular newspapers circulated in that area inviting applications from the intending candidates for election to the Market Committee, constituency-wise specifying the following-\n(i) Date or dates of the proposed election;\n(ii) The period within which applications along with documents are to be submitted;\n(iii) Place or places where and hours of a day between which the applications are to be submitted;\n(iv) Place or places, date or dates with hours between which the applications shall be scrutinized;\n(v) Time for withdrawal of applications;\n(vi) Format in which the applications are to be submitted and the documents to be enclosed with the application.\n(i) The name, age, present and permanent address and fathers name of the candidate for election;\n(ii) Category and the constituency shall be clearly expressed;\n(iii) In case of an Agriculturist, the description, of land in his occupation and cultivation, the description of Agricultural Produce cultivated by him and all the details like serial No., polling station and the Gaon Panchayat constituency in which his name figures as a voter shall be mentioned. In case of a Trader, the full detail of his licence and the description of Agricultural Produce with trading of which he is associated shall be mentioned. In case of a member of the Managing Committee or Board of Directors of a Co-operative Marketing Society, the full description in brief of the activities of his Society along with detail of registration and address and in case of a member of the Gaon Panchayat, Town Committee or Municipal Board, the name and a brief description regarding the places comprised in his constituency shall be given;\n(iv) The copy of document in respect of age for all, the copy of document in respect of voter of a Gaon Panchayat and certificate as an Agriculturist in case of an Agriculturist candidate, the copy of valid licence in case of a Trader candidate, the copy of registration certificate of the concerned Co-operative Marketing Society in case of a member candidate of the Managing Committee or Board of Directors of such society, the copy of certificate relating to membership of a Gaon Panchayat, Town Committee or Municipal Board in case of a member candidate of such body shall invariably be enclosed with the application;\n(v) Any other matter which may be decided by the Election Authority or copy(s) of any other document that may be required by the Election Authority.\n(12) The time, date(s), place and the official responsible for receiving applications for election to the Market Committee from different categories of candidates constituency-wise shall be worked out and finalised by the Election Authority. However, the last date for receiving application for election shall not exceed 15 (fifteen) days from the date of issuance of the notification under the preceding sub-rule. Provided that the time gap between the first day fixed for receiving the application and the last date fixed for the purpose shall not exceed 10 (ten) days.\n(13) The Election Authority shall fix a date for scrutiny of the applications received from the intending candidates for election to the Market Committee and shall scrutinise the applications in conformity with this rule so far as eligibility of a candidate and single membership of a constituency are concerned. The scrutiny shall be done in presence of the candidate only. If the candidate is found to be absent on the day of the scrutiny, his application shall be treated as rejected. The Election Authority will invariably mention the date, time, place of the scrutiny and the requirement of the presence of the candidate himself at the time of the scrutiny, in the notification mentioned in sub-rule 11; Provided that the time-gap between the last day fixed for the purpose of receiving application and the day fixed for the scrutiny of the same shall not exceed 3 (three) days.\n(14) After the scrutiny, the Election Authority shall prepare the list of candidates category-wise and constituency-wise. If there is not more than 1 (one) candidate for any constituency, the Election Authority shall declare that candidate as elected against that constituency from the concerned category. If there is more than 1 (one) candidate for any constituency, the Election Authority will fix up a date and time for holding election for the same. The Election may be held category-wise and different dates and time may be fixed for different category-wise and different dates and time may be fixed for different categories but within the for different constituencies.\n(15) For the purpose of election, the Election Authority shall fix up the date(s) and time for election category-wise and constituency-wise, finalise the design, size, the detail contents and colour of the Voting Paper to be used category-wise and constituency-wise and prepare the same.\n(16) Secrecy in respect of voting in to be maintained and for the purpose a separate comer in a room in the Voting Station and a box for putting the Voting Papers are to be kept prepared by the Election Authority.\n(17) The manner in which secrecy in respect of voting to be maintained and the manner in which a voter will-express his consent for a candidate shall be decided by the Election Authority.\n(18) The Election Authority shall prepare and finalise category-wise and constituency-wise Voting Station; Provided that there shall be only one Voting Station for entire constituency for any category.\n(19) The Election Authority shall deploy the necessary personnel for conduct of the poll in a Voting Station and shall provide Voting Paper, Boxes for keeping Voting Papers, Voters' list, list of candidates and any other material that may be required for conducting election in that constituency.\n(20) The date, time and the Voting Station fixed for the purpose of election under sub-rule 14, along with the list of candidates category-wise and constituency-wise, are to be published by the Chairman of the Election Authority in the form of a notification in 2 (two) vernacular newspapers circulated in the area; Provided that the date(s) are to be fixed in such a manner that the period between the date of scrutiny and the last date fixed for the purpose of election does not exceed 30 (thirty) days.\n(21) The Election Authority shall arrange for declaration of result of the election within 2 (two) days after the day of poll for that constituency and deploy necessary personnel for the same.\n(22) The results of the election category-wise and constituency-wise are to be commentated to the Government of Assam in Agriculture Department by the Election Authority forthwith. A copy of the same shall be simultaneously displayed in conspicuous places in the office of the Deputy Commissioner, District Agriculture Officer and the District Level Head of the Co-operation Department of the concerned District. All copies containing the results of election are to be signed by the Chairman and other members of the Election Authority.\n(23) Any aggrieved candidate may make an appeal before the Government of Assam in the Agriculture Department for review of the result of election within seven days from the day of declaration. The Government's decision thereon shall be final.\n(24) All expenses that may be incurred to implement the provisions contained in these rules are to be normally borne by the respective Regulated Market Committees with the approval of the Board. However, the Election Authority shall have to submit their requisition before hand to the Government of Assam in Agriculture Department and whose decision thereon shall be final including the amount fixed for the purpose.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Powers and duties of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Secretary of the Market Committees.",
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            "content": "(a) father, mother, son, daughter, brother and sister of the person concerned; and\n(b) brother and sister of the father of the person concerned; and\n(c) father, mother, son, daughter, brother and sister, or the wife or husband of the person concerned.",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Removal of Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Committee.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Licences to trader, commission agent, broker, weighman, measurer, surveyor, warehouseman, persons and firms engaged in processing of agricultural produce.",
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            "content": "(i) if the application is made by him within thirty days of the date specified in the notification-one rupee per day.\n(ii) if the application is made after the expiry of thirty days of the date specified in the notification-one rupee per day for the first thirty days and rupees two per day for each day thereafter.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Renewal of licence.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Prohibition against grant of certain licences.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Employment of broker.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Sale of agricultural produce.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Weighment.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Use of weighing instruments, weights and measures, their inspection and seizure.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Weigh-bridges, measuring yards and certificates of weighment or measurement.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Place at which agricultural produce shall be weighed or measured.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Levy and collection of cess on the sale and purchase of the agricultural produces.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Exempted from payment of cess",
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            "content": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Accounts transaction and cess to be maintained.",
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            "content": "(ii) The Chairman of the board after hearing the appellant and also the Committee making the assessment, or, if he deems necessary after such enquiry as he may think proper, may accept, modify or reject the assessment order appealed against.\n(iii) The Chairman of the Board may waive the whole or a part of the penalty imposed under sub-rule (9), in a case where such penalty would, in his judgement mean undue hardship to the appellant.\n(iv) The order passed by the Chairman shall be final and conclusive.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Books to be kept by licensed brokers and warehousemen.",
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            "content": "(a) keep such books in such form as the Committee granting the licence may, from time to time, prescribe by its bye-laws;\n(b) render such return at such times and in such forms as the Committee may prescribe; and\n(c) render such assistance as may be required by the Committee, in the collection of cess due under the Act or under the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, in preventing evasion of payment thereof, and generally in the prevention of breaches of the Act or of these rules or of any bye-laws made thereunder.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Refund of certain amount.",
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            "content": "(a) any sum has been deposited for the grant of licence which has in fact not been issued; or\n(b) a person has wrongly applied and paid for and been granted two or more licences of the same nature for the same notified market area; or\n(c) any market fee has been recovered in excess of the amount actually due;or\n(d) any market fee has been recovered on a transaction which is except under these Rules; or\n(e) any money has been paid by mistake,",
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        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Preventing of adulteration of agricultural produce.",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Preservation of the prescribed forms and production thereof and inspection of the account books.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Publication of marketing information.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Language of transaction of business.",
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            "footnote": "",
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            "number": "34",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "35",
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            "number": "36",
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            "content": "Form A\nForm A\n[ See Rule 12 (1)]\nApplication for licence under Section 13\nApplication for licence under Section 13\nThe Chairman,\nState Agricultural Marketing Board,\n............................\nThe Secretary, Market Committee...............\nThe particulars of my business are given below:",
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            "number": "3",
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            "content": "Sl. No.\nName\nFather's/ Husband's name\nFull address",
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            "number": "4",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
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            "footnote": "",
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            "number": "6",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
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            "number": "7",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Particulars of the business for which the licence is required.........",
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            "content": "(1) Trader\n(2) Commission Agent\n(3) Storage\n(4) Processing\n(5) Faria\nSignature of Applicant\nTo be filled in by the office of the Committee\nLicence fee received\nNumber of Receipt\nDate of Receipt\nPage of cash book where entry made\nVerified\nSecretary\nAccountant\nMarket Committee\nMarket Committee\nForm B\nForm B\n[ See Rule 12(8)]\nLicence under Section 13\nLicence under Section 13\nNotified Market Area",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Serial Number of Licence",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Name of the Managing Proprietor, Manager of the firm with parentage",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "3",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Date on which the licence expires",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Particulars of the business for which the licence is valid",
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            "content": "(1) Trader\n(2) Commission\n(3) Storage\n(4) Processing\n(5) Faria",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Place of business.",
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            "content": "Chairman\nRegulated Marketing Committee\nConditions of Licence\nConditions of Licence\nForm C\nForm C\n[ See Rule 12 (9)]\nRegister of licence issued under Section 13\nRegister of licence issued under Section 13\nSl. No.\nName\nFather's name\nAddress\n1.\nNotified Market Area\n2.\nName of the firm/licensees\n3.\nAddress of the premises\n4.\nName of the Managing Proprietor/ Manager with parentage\n5.\nLicence No.\n6.\nName of licence Address\nDate of entry\nDate from which the licence takes effect\nDate on which the licence expires\nLicence fee received\nReceipt No. and date\nSignature of issuing authority with designation\nRemarks\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\nForm D\nForm D\n[ See Rule 12 (2)]\nApplication for Licence under Section 13\nApplication for Licence under Section 13\nThe Chairman,\nMarket Committee",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "1",
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            "footnote": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. If the applicant is a firm, is it a Hindu joint family firm or otherwise constituted, and has it been registered or not?",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. If the applicant is a firm give the names of all persons constituting it with parentage, residence and address, in full of each",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Sl. No.\nName\nFather's/Husband's name\nFull address",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 54
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Name of the Managing Proprietor or Manager who will actually conduct the business",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 55
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Name and style under which the applicant will conduct his business",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Does the applicant wish to be licensed as a broker/weighman/measurer/surveyor/warehouseman?",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 57
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Has the licence, if any, been granted previously to the applicant, or if the applicant is a firm, to any member thereof, singly or in collaboration with anybody else, for working as a broker, weighman, measurer, surveyor or warehouseman in any notified market area in State and has such licence been cancelled ? If so, where, when, for what period and for what reasons?",
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            "content": "Signature of the Applicant\nNote - (1) A licence to work as a weighman, measurer or a surveyor shall only be granted to individuals and not to firm.\n(2) In case the application is made by a firm, it may be signed by the Managing Partner only.\n(To be filled in by Office)\nLicence fee\nNo. of receipt\nDate of receipt\nPage of cash book where entry made\nRemarks\nVerified\nSecretary\nAccountant\nMarket Committee\nMarket Committee\nForm E\nForm E\n[ See Rule 12 (8)]\nLicence under Section 13\nLicence under Section 13",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 58
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Serial Number of licence.......",
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            "footnote": "",
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            "sort_order": 59
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Name of the managing proprietor........",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
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            "sort_order": 60
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Date from which the licence takes effect...............",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Date on which the licence expires...........",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Signature of Authority with Seal\nConditions of Licence\nConditions of Licence\nForm F\nForm F\nApplication for the renewal of licence under Section 49 (2) (vi)\nApplication for the renewal of licence under Section 49 (2) (vi)\nThe Chairman,\nState Agricultural Marketing Board\nThrough the Secretary, Market Committee",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Name of the notified market area for which the licence has been issued",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Name of the applicant (with full particulars of the place of business)",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Name of the managing proprietor or the manager of the firm, if any",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Number of licence",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "5",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "6",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Fee paid",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Penalty paid, if any",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "9",
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            "content": "(a) granted a dealer's licence in any notified market area in the State and cancelled. If so, when, where, for what period and for what reasons; or\n(b) convicted of an offence affecting the said person's integrity as a man of business. If so, the date of conviction; or\n(c) declare as an undischarged insolvent.\nSignature of Applicant\n(To be filled in by the office of the Committee)\nRenewal licence fee\nPenalty received, if any\nNo. of receipt\nDate of receipt\nPage of cash book where entry made\nRemarks\nNo. .............\nDate....................\nAccountant\nMarket Committee\nOrders of the licensing Authority\nSignature with designation\nForm G\nForm G\n[ See Rule 13 (1)]\nApplication for the renewal of licence under Section 49 (2) (vi)\nApplication for the renewal of licence under Section 49 (2) (vi)\nThe Chairman, Market Committee,",
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            "is_definition": false,
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Name of the notified market area for which the licence has been issued....",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Name of the applicant (with full particulars of the place of business)...",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "3",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Number of licence...",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 75
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Date on which the licence expires...",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Period for which renewal is requested...",
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            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 77
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Fee paid Rs....",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Penalty paid, if any, Rs....",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Has the applicant, or where in the case of a warehouseman the applicant is a firm, has any member thereof, singly or in collaboration with anybody else, been granted a licence for working as a broker, weighman, measurer, surveyor or warehouseman in any notified market area in the State and has such licence been suspended or cancelled. If so, when, where, for what period and for what reasons...",
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            "content": "Signature of the Applicant\n(To be filled in by office of the Committee)\nRenewal licence fee\nPenalty received, if any\nNo. of receipt\nDate of receipt\nPage of cash book where entry made\nRemarks\nVerified\nSecretary\nAccountant\nMarket Committee\nMarket Committee\nForm H\nForm H\n[ See Rule 16 (8)]\nAuction Register\nAuction Register\nDate\nName of Faria\nName and address of seller\nDescription of produce\nApproximate quantity\nRate at which the produce has been sold\nName of buyer\nSignature of Faria and buyer\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\nForm I\nForm I\n[ See Rule 16 (12) and 16 (13)]\nBill of Faria\nBill of Faria\nDate............\nName of commodity\nWeight\nRate\nTotal amount\nMarket Charges\nGrant Total\nRs.\nRs.\nRs.\nCommission Brokerage Weighment Filling\n\t\t\t\tand Sewing Other Charges\nTotal\nAcknowledgement by the buyer\nSignature of Faria\nForm J\nForm J\n[ See Rule 16 (14)]\nSale voucher for the seller\nSale voucher for the seller\nBook No. .......\nCounterfoil provided\nName of Market\nDate\nName of Faria\nSerial No.\nName of Seller\nDate of Auction\nAddress of Seller\nName of commodity\nName of the buyer\nWeight\nRate\nTotal\nIncidental charges\nNet amount paid\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\nSignature of the seller or his agent representing\nSignature of Faria\nNote: Where the agricultural produce being fruits and vegetables is delivered, it shall not be necessary to fill in column 2 relating to name of buyer.\nForm K\nForm K\n[ See Rule 21 (4)]\nReceipt\nReceipt\nReceipt No...\nSignature of person receiving payment\nForm K-1\nForm K-1\n[ See sub-Rule (2) of Rule 22]\nForm of declaration and certificate\nForm of declaration and certificate\nKind of agricultural produce\nCart and packages\nWeight\nWhere bought\nName of seller\nThrough whom bought\nName of buyer or his agent\nName of market committee to whom fee paid\nAmount of fee paid\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\nDate..........\nSignature.........\nCertificate\nCertificate\nSecretary\nMarket Committee\nForm L\nForm L\n[ See Rule 22 (2)]\nRegister of Purchasers\nRegister of Purchasers\nDate of purchase\nName of agricultural produce\nNotified market area where purchases were made\nWeight of the agricultural produce\nDate of payment\nName of extracted commodity\nWeight of the extracted commodity and date of\n\t\t\t\textraction\nRemarks\nCounterfoil\nForm M\nForm M\n[ See Rule 23 (1)]\nMarket Committee ...........\nReturn of daily purchases and sales\nReturn of daily purchases and sales\nDate............\nLicence No........\nLast date when market fee paid with receipt No....\nName of trader.....\nDate of transaction\nName or commodity\nName of seller from whom purchased\nPurchased\nWhether cess is leviable, if not, why\nAmount of cess leviable\nWeight\nRate\nValue\nName of buyer to whom sold\nSold\nWhether cess leviable, if not, why\nAmount of cess leviable\nRemarks\nWeight\nRate\nValue\nTotal...........\nTotal...........\nSignature of trader\nNote - In case of trader dealing exclusively in vegetables and fruits, it shall not be necessary to fill Column 7 relating to name of buyer to whom sold.\nForm N\nForm N\n[ See Rule 23 (2)]\nRegister of sale and purchase of agricultural produce\nRegister of sale and purchase of agricultural produce\nDate\nDescription of the agricultural produce\nName with the No. of licence or trader\nQuantity of agricultural produce sold\nRate\nValue of agricultural produce\nAs seller\nAs buyer\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\nWhether cess is leviable, if not, why\nFee chargeable\nFee recovered\nNumber and date of the receipt issued\nBalance of fee to be recovered\nDate of recovery of balance\nRemarks\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\nForm O\nForm O\n[ See Rule 23 (4)]\nAssessment Notice\nAssessment Notice\nM/s............\n(a) You, a trader Licence No.........and licensed under Section 10 of the Assam Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1972 of the notified market area, have not furnished return/correct return in Form M for the period form to........\n(b) You, a trader Licence No.........and licensed under Section 10 of the Assam Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1972 of the notified market area have habitually made default in the submission of returns for the period from..........to........and it appears to the Committee that you wilfully failed to furnish such returns in respect of the above mentioned period; And it appears to be necessary to make assessment under Rule 24 of the Assam Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1975 in respect of the above mentioned period :\nChairman\nMarket Committee.\nForm P\nForm P\nDemand Notice\nDemand Notice\nMarket Committee.\nDate.........\nM/s.........\n(a) Assessed value of business\n(b) Market fee chargeable\n(c) Deduct market fee already paid, if any\n(d) Net payable (b)-(c)\n(e) Penalty\n(f) Total (d) plus (e)\nChairman\nMarket Committee",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 10th February, 2020 [ass037]",
        "Act Number": "Published vide Notification Number AGA. 393/75/513, dated 23rd March, 1979 in the Assam Gazette, Part 2A, dated 3-10-1979",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1975",
        "Short Title": "The Assam State Agricultural Produce Markets (General) Rules, 1975",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Assam"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}