Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The State Government may either generally or specially for the Board or any market area or market areas make rules after previous publication for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely- (i) The election of the Chairman of the market committee; (ii) The powers to be exercised and the duties to be performed by a market committee and its Chairman and Secretary; (iii)The management of the market, minimum and maximum fee which may be levied and collected by the market committee, the method, manner and mode of collection of such fee in respect of such agricultural produce sold and resold in the market areas; (iv) The issue of licences to traders, persons and firms engaged in processing of agricultural, weightmen, measurers, surveyors warehousemen and the cancellation and suspension of such licence and the category of such other persons operating in a market area as may be determined by the Board and the form in which and the condition subject to which such licences shall be issued, cancelled or renewed. (v) The method and manner of holding meetings, the procedure to be followed at such meetings and the powers to be exercised at such meetings; (vi) the form in which returns shall be submitted by the Board or a market committee; (vii) the person by whom and the form in which copies of document entries in the books of a market committee, may be certified and the charges to be levied for the supply of such copies; (viii) the kind and description of the weights and measures and the weighing and measuring instruments which shall be used in the transactions in agricultural produce in any market area; (ix) the periodical inspection of all weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments in use in market areas; (x) the manner in which inquiry and inspection of the Board or a market committee shall be held ; (xi) the matters in respect of which the Board or a market committee may make bye-laws and the procedure to be followed in making, amending or rescinding the bye-laws; (xii) the declaration of market proper and market yards; (xiii) the condition of service, recruitment provident fund, pension, and such other terms and conditions as may be required for the employment of the staff of the Board and the market committee; (xiv) the trade allowance which may be made or received by any person in any transaction in any agricultural produce in a market area; (xv) the prohibition of brokers for acting in any transaction on behalf of both the buyer and seller of agricultural produce or as a buyer or seller; (xvi) the provision of accommodation for storing any agricultural produce brought into the market; (xvii) the preparation of plans and estimates for works proposed to be constructed partly or wholly at the expense of the market committee and the grant of sanction to such plans and estimates; (xviii) the form in which the accounts of the Board or a market committee and the grant or sanction to plans and estimates shall be kept, the audit, inspection and publication of the accounts and audit report and the inspection thereof and supply of copies of such accounts and reports; (xix) the preparation and submission for sanction of the annual budget and the report and returns to be furnished by the Board or a market committee; (xx) the investment and disposal of the surplus funds of a market committee; (xxi) the regulation of advance, if any given to agriculturist by brokers , commission agents, or traders; (xxii)the prevention of adulteration of agricultural produce; (xxiii) the grading and standardization of agricultural produce; (xxiv) the keeping of a list of prices of agricultural produce in respect of which the market is established; (xxv)the manner in which auctions of agricultural produce shall be conducted and bids made and accepted in any market; (xxvi) the recovery and disposal of cost leviable by or under this Act; (xxvii) other matters relating to the functioning of the Board or the Market Committee; (xxviii) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed. (3) Any rules made under this act may provide that any contravention thereof or any of the conditions of licences issued will render the offender punishable with fine which may extend to rupees two hundred.