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All members, oificers and servants of the Board and the committee shall be deemed to be public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the lndian Penal Code 1860. No trade allowance or deduction, other than as prescribed by or under this Act or rules or bye-laws made thereunder, shall be made or received by any person in any market area in anytransaction in respect of the notified Horticulture produce. (1) The Secretary of the Committee or any officer of the State Government or the Board, empowered by the State Government in this behalf may, for the purposes of this Act, require any person carrying on business in any kind of notified Horticultural produce to produce before him the accounts and otherdocuments and to lurnish any information relating to stocks of such Horticultural produce or purchase, sale, processing, value addition and delivery ot such Horticulture produce by such person and also to furnish any other intormation relating to payment of market fee by such person. 105 (2) All accounts and registers maintained by any person in the ordinary course of business of any notified Horticultural produce and documents relating to stocks or such Horticultural produce or purchase, sale, processing, value addilion of such Horticulturalproduce in his possession and offices, establishment, godowns, vessels or vehicles ot such persons shali be kept open for inspection at all reasonable time by such officers of the State Government, the Board or the committee as may be authorized by the State Government in this behalf. (3) lf any oflicer has reasons to suspectthat any person is attempting to evade the payment of any market fee due from him under thisAct or that any person has purchased, sold, processed ofvalue added any notified horticultural produce in contravention of any ol the provisions of this Act or rules or the bye-laws in force in the market areas, he/she may communicate in writing tc such person, seize such accounts, registers, and documents of such person, as may be necessary and shall grant a receipt ror the same and shall retain the same only so long as it may be necessary for examination therefore or for a prosecution. (4) For the purposes ol sub-section (2) or (3) such officer may enler or search any place of business, otfice, establishment, godown, vessel or vehicle where such officer has reason to believe that such person keeps or for the time being has kept accounls, registers of documents of his/her business, or stock of notiried horticultural produce relating to this business. (5) The provisions of section 1 00 (4) to (8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 shall, so lar as may be, apply to a search under sub- section (4). (6) Where any books of accounts or other documents are seized from any place and there are such entries therein making reference to quantity, quotations, rates, receipts or payment of money or sale or purchase ol goods, such books of accounts or other documents shall be admitted in Assessment of Market fee. 106