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( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of sub-section ( 2 ), every Market Committee shall consist of the following 2 [8* * * * Members], namely :- [( a ) 3 [fifteen agriculturist residing in the market area (being persons 4 [* * *] who are not less than 5 [twenty one years of the age on the date specified, from time to time, by the State Cooperative Election Authority, if required with the help of the Collector or the District Deputy Registrar, as the case may be, in this behalf), as specified below :-] 5 [( i ) eleven (of which, two shall be women, one shall be a person belonging to Other Backward Classes and one shall be a person belonging to De-notified Tribes ( Vimukta Jatis ) or Nomadic Tribes) shall be elected by members of the Managing Committees of the Agricultural Credit Societies and Multi-Purpose Co-operative Societies (within the meaning of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (Mah. XXIV of 1961) and the rules made thereunder), 6 [which disburse the crop loan to its members,] functioning in the market area: Provided that, where the Market Committee is situated in Tribal areas, one person belonging to the Scheduled Tribes shall be elected in place of the election of the person belonging to the De-notified Tribes ( Vimukta Jatis ) or Nomadic Tribes as aforesaid; and ( ii ) four (of which, one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and one shall be a person belonging to Economically Weaker Section), shall be elected by members of village panchayats functioning in the market area;]] 7 [* * *] 8 [ (b) two shall be elected by traders and commission agents, holding licences for not less than two years to operate as such in the market area;] 9 [ (b-1) one member shall be elected by hamals and weighmen operating as such in the market area;] 10 [* * *] 11 [* * *] 12 [* * *] 13 [( f ) the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies of the district or his representative, who shall have no right to vote;] 14 [* * *] 15 [* * *] 16 [* * *] 17 [( 1A ) ( a ) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( 1 ) of this section or in section 4 or other provisions of this Act, the area comprising Greater Bombay and Turbhe Village in Thane Taluka of Thane District 18 [and such other area or areas as may be specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette , from time to time] (hereinafter referred to as "the Bombay market area") shall be deemed to be a market area for the purposes of this Act, and the Market Committee for that area to be called by the name of the Bombay Agricultural Produce Market Committee shall subject to the provisions of sub-section ( 2 ), consist of the following 19 [ 20 * * * members], namely :- ( i ) twelve representative of agriculturists elected by the agriculturist members of the other Agricultural Produce Market Committee in the State, 21 [two such members] to be elected from each Revenue Division; 22 [( ii ) five representatives, elected by the traders and commission agents, holding licences to operate as such in the Bombay market area, as specified below,- ( a ) one representative dealing in onion, potato and garlic, elected by and from amongst themselves; (b) one representative dealing in fruits, elected by and from amongst themselves; ( c ) one representative dealing in vegetables, elected by and from amongst themselves; ( d ) one representative dealing in foodgrains, pulses, edible and non-edible oils, elected by and from amongst themselves; ( e ) one representative dealing in all other commodities elected by and from amongst themselves;] 23 [( iia ) one representative elected by hamals and weighmen operating as such in the market area;] 24 [( iii ) one nominated representatives of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation; ( iv ) one nominated representative of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation; ( v ) one nominated representative of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority constituted under the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 1974 (Mah. IV of 1975); 25 [( vi ) five representatives (of which, two shall be women, one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, one shall be a person belonging to the Other Backward Classes and one shall be a person belonging to the De-notified Tribes ( Vimukta Jatis ) or Nomadic Tribes), to be nominated by the State Government;] ( vii ) the Director of Agricultural Marketing, Maharashtra State, Pune;] ( viii ) 26 [* * * * *] ( ix ) 27 [* * * * *] 28 [ (b) a person who is a member of the Market Committee under sub-clauses ( iii ), ( iv ), ( v ) or ( vii ) of clause ( a ), shall have a right to take part in the discussions of the Committee, but shall not have a right to vote at a meeting thereof.] 29 [ (1B) ( a ) Notwithstanding anything contained in any provisions of this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , declare any Agricultural Produce Market Committee to be the Divisional Market Committee for more than one districts or Regional Market Committee for more than one talukas. (b) The area specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette , from time to time, shall be deemed to be the market area for the purposes of this Act and the Market Committee for that area shall be called by the name as may be notified by the State Government and it shall function as the Divisional or Regional Market Committee. ( c ) The Divisional or Regional Market Committee shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section ( 2 ), consist of the following members, namely :- 30 [ ( i ) two representatives of the agriculturists, elected by the agriculturist members of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee from each district included in the area of operation of the Divisional Market Committee; or ( ii ) one representative from the agriculturists elected by the agriculturist members of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee from each taluka included in the area of operation of the Regional Market Committee;] ( iii ) two representatives elected by the traders and commission agents, holding licences to operate as such in the market area; ( iv ) one representative, elected by the hamals and weighmen operating as such in the market area; 31 [* * *] 32 [* * *] 33 [* * *] ( vii ) the Director of Marketing, Maharashtra State, Pune or his representative. 34 [( d ) A person who is a member of the Market Committee under sub-clause ( vii ) of clause ( c ), shall have a right to take part in the discussions of the Committee, but shall not have right to vote at a meeting thereof.] 35 [* * *] ( 2 ) When Market Committee is constituted for first time, 36 [whether under sub-section ( 1 ), 37 [( 1A ) or (1B) ] all the members thereof and the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be nominated by the State Government: 38 [Provided that, the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be so nominated from amongst the agriculturist members:] 39 [Provided further that, the State Government may, if it considers expedient, instead of nominating the members of the Market Committee constituted for the first time, appoint an Administrator or the board of Administrators, and the Administrator or the Board of Administrators, so appointed, shall, for all purposes, be considered to be the Committee constituted for the first time.]