Bare ActsThe Assam Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020

Section 15

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Supcrs.sslor of a markct commlttee. -(1) If ln the oplnlon of dre Stete GovcrnmenB a market commlttee ls not compeent to perform, or perslstendy makes default In t}!e performance of the dudes lmposed on it by or under thls Act or otherwlse by law, or excceds or abuses itr powers or ls lnvolved in the misapplication of the market commlttee fund, or ls guilty of mlsmanagpment, the State Govemment may, by nodficatlon in the Offictal Gazf,]ttl., supersede the market commlttee; Provlded tJrat no otder of supersession shall be passed unless the market cmmlttee has been gtven a reasonable opportunlty to show cause agalnst such supettession (Z) Any proceeding started under sub-secdon (1) above shall be completed rvlthln slxty days of the commencement thereof, (3) fire superseded market conmittee shall be reconsuEted withln 6ne year from the date ofpubltcation of the noUf,caHon under sub-secdon (1) above. 11t7, Gonscquencas of ruFr:s€rslon of a ner*ct corthnltter. - (1) Upon publicatlon of the nodficadon supcrseding a market commlttee under sectionl36 of the Act, all members of t]le market commlttee, including the Chalrperson and the Vlce Chalrperson of the market commlttee shalt, as ftom the date of publicatlon of the notificadorl be deemed to have vacated thelr offices. (2) Durtng tlre perlod of supercession of the marH commlttee, all powers and duHes conftrred and lmposed on the market committee under thls Act, shall be ererdscd and performed by sudr ofrcer as the State Government may appolnt ln ftat behalf as Admlntstrator. (3) Tte state Goyernment may etend the pedod of supersession for such fufilrer term as may be consldercd necessary but not etrcceding a period of one Srear in tlre agpegate, 1!E. PoecF b tlrt dtrecdoEs, - [1) The State Govemm€nt may Stve directlons to the Dt?dor of Agrtoltural Markedn& tte Board or to all market committees [n general or to aDy martaGt commlttce tn pardcular. (2) The Dlrcstor of Agricultural Marketln& Board or tte market commitEes shall omply wlth the directlons so lssued by the State Government under sub-recdon (1) above 6410 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY IULY 15, 2022 1j'9. Fowcr to cell hr neGotds ard c.rccl pnoceedtngs. - (1) The state Government may at any dme call for and examrne the proceedings of the Board or any market cornmlttee for the purpose of satisfrtng itsetf, as to the legallty or proprtety of any declslon takcn or orders passed by the Board or the market commlttee. (Z) If ln t}le optnion of the State Governmenq, any declston or order or proceedings so called for shoutd be modifle4 annulled or revised. the state Government may pass such orders thereon as it may thlnk fiE Provlded that no such order shalt be passed unless the Board or the market committee has been given a rrasonable opportunity b show cause against such prcposed modlficadon, annulment or nevision: Provided further that the Board or the market commtttee sha not act upon such declsion or order or proceedlngs that ls proposed to be modlfied, annulled or revlsed from the tlme rjrat it has been asked to show cause till an order is passed by the StaE Government under thls section 1lo. Dcle,dol of powcrr. - The state Government may deletate by noEficadon rn the oftclal Gazette any of the powers conferred on it by or under thls Act, to any of its offccrs or to the Board or to its chairperson or the chlef B<ecu6ve officer of the Board. 14L Acq-l<1661 of lald for tbc purposes of tbls Act -when any land is requtred for dre purposes of this Act and t}e Board or a market committee is unable to acquire it by agreemen! the State Government may, at dle rcquest of 6e Board or tbe marlet commltEe, as tlre '.ase may be, proceed to acgutre such Iand under the provisions of the Land Acqutsition, Reh.btlttadon and Resettlement Acq 2013 aDd on the payment fiH, of the compensadon awarded under that Act by tlre Board or the market committee ot&a and ofany other dlarEe3 incuned by the state Government ln oonnoction with the acquislfio[ the land shall vcst ln the Board or the market committee, as Ste case may be. lrt:L Po$rr to anrnd cctedule. -(1) The state Government may, by notiflcation, declarr Its lntendon of addlng to or amendirg or delcting any of the items of agrrcuttural pruduce specified ln the Schedule, as may be specified ln rhe notlficatton. The notificadon under thls section shall also be pubtished in the manner as may be prcscrlbed, (Z) The noHflcadon under sub-sectlon (t) above shatt sate that any objecdons or suggestions rcceived by the State Gov€rnnent wlthin such period as may be specified ln the nodffcatio& not beirg less than forty-five days, shall be consldercd by the State GovernmenL After the otpiry ofthe period speclfied in the notlffcatjon Issued under sub- secdon (0 above, and after consldering such objections and suggestions as may be recelved before such expiry and after making such lnqulry as may be necessary, the state Government may, by another nodfication, add to or anend or delete any of the items of agricultural produce specified in the Schedule. The notlffcation issued under this section shall also be published in such manner as may be prescribed. (31 TI{E ASSAM G AZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY JI.JJ.;Y I 5, 2022

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