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(1) Save as provided in section 13, every Market Committee shall consist of the following members, namely : (i) Six members of which one belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe community shall be agriculturalist possessing such qualification as may be prescribed to be elected by the village members of the notified market area in the manner prescribed : Provided that the agriculturist may include owner of the cattle whenever the Market Committee is constituted for cattle market. (ii) Two members shall be Licensed traders elected amongst themselves in the manner prescribed: Provided that the minority trader are adequately represented whenever the market deals with more than one of commodities i.e. fruits and vegetables, grains etc. (iii) One member shall be representative of the cooperative marketing Society/Societies nominated by the Registrar of Co-operative Society; Provided that such representative shall be the Chairman or Vice-Chairman or Honorary Secretary of the Co- operative Marketing Society. (iv) Two members shall be Government nominees out of which one member shall be representative of the State Department of Agricultural Marketing and one member shall he the representative of the State Agricultural or Cooperative Department. (2) A member elected under clauses (i) (ii) and (iii) of sub- section (1) shall cease to hold office as such member if he ceases to be a member of the electorate by which he was elected: (3) The State Government may make rules to provide for the election of the members of the Market Committee the authority which shall conduct election, determination of constituencies, the preparation and maintenance of the list of voters, disqualification for being chosen as and for being a member, the right to vote, the payment of deposit and its future election offences, the determination of election disputes and all matters ancillary thereto. (4) On the failure of the electorate mentioned in the clause (i) and (ii) of sub-section (1) to elect a member referred to in the clause after the election proceeding have been started in accordance with the Provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder the State Government shall nominate on behalf of one electorate concerned a person or persons qualified to be a member or members of the Market Committee. (5) Members of every Market Committee shall hold office for a period of three/ five years form the date of the first general meeting of the Market Committee. (6) If within the period mentioned, in sub-section (5), the Market Committee is not newly constituted, the Market Committee shall, on the expiry of such period, be deemed to have been dissolved. (7) An elected member of the Market Committee may resign his office at any time by a letter in writing addressed to the Director/Board to that effect and his office shall become vacant on expiry of fifteen clear days from the date of such resignation unless within the said period of fifteen days he withdraws the resignation by another letter in writing addressed to the Director/Board. (8) In the event of death, resignation or removal of a member before the expiry of his term of office a casual vacancy shall be deemed to have occurred in such office and such vacancy shall be filled as soon as may by election or nomination, as the case may be, of a person thereto as member who shall take office forthwith and shall hold such office for the unexpired term of his predecessor provided that no casual vacancy shall be filled which occurs within a period of four months preceding the date on which his term expires. (9) The chairman and other member of the Market Committee shall be paid from the Market Committee such honorarium, sitting fees, traveling allowances and other allowances as may be fixed by the Director from time to time. Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Market Committee.