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Substituted for the words “paid to the members and employees of the Board” by Punjab Act 40 of 1963. No. 23 of a961 The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 (v) the delegation of powers or duties, to the Sub-Committee or Joint Committee or ad-hoc Committee or any one or more of its members under section 19 ; and (vi) the remuneration of different functionaries not specifically mentioned in this Act, working in the notified market area and rendering any service in connection with the sale, purchase, storage and processing of agricultural produce; and may provide that contravention of any of such bye-laws shall be punishable, on conviction, with a fine which may extend to fifty rupees. (2) Where a Committee fails to make by-laws under this section within six months from the date of its establishment or the date on which this Act comes into force, whichever is later, the Board may make such bye-laws as it may think fit and the bye-laws so made shall remain in operation in that Committee. (3)(a) Not withstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, if the 1[* * *] Board considers that an amendment, alteration, rescission or adoption of a new bye-law is necessary or desirable in the interests of such Committee, he may, by an order in writing to be served on the Committee by registered post, require the Committee, to make such amendment, alteration, rescission or adopt a new by-law within such time as may be specified in such order. (b) If the Committee fails to make any such amendment, alteration or rescission or to adopt the new bye-law within the time specified by the 1[* * *] Board in his order under clause (a) the 1[* * *] Board may, after giving the Committee an opportunity of being heard, register such amendment, alteration, rescission or such new bye-laws, and issue a certified copy thereof to such Committee. (c) The Committee may, within one month from the date of issue of an order made under clause (b), appeal against such order to the State Government. (d) Where an appeal is presented within one month from the date of the issue of an order under clause (b) registering an amendment, such amendment shall not come into force till the order is confirmed by the State Government. (e) A certified copy of the amendment of the bye-laws registered by the 1[* * *] Board under clause (b) shall, subject to the result of an appeal, if any under clause (c) be conclusive evidence that the same has been duly registered and such amendment, alteration, rescission or a new bye-law shall be deemed to have been made by the Committee. (4) No bye-law or rescission of a bye-law or its alteration or amendment shall take effectuntil it has been confirmed by the 1[* * *] Board and notified in the official gazette.