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(1) Every Market Committee shall have a Secretary who shall he the Chief Executive Officer and the custodian of all the records and properties of the Market Committee and shall exercise and perform the following powers and duties in addition to such other duties as may be specified in this Act; the rules or bye-law namely (i) convene the meetings of the Market Committee and of the Sub-committees if any, and maintain minutes of the proceedings thereof; (ii) attend the meetings of the Market Committee and of every Sub-committee and take part in the discussion but shall not move any resolution or vote at any such meeting; (iii) take action to give effect to the resolution of the committee and of the Sub-committee, and report about all actions taken in pursuance of such resolution, to the committee as soon as possible; (iv) prepare the Budget proposals; (v) finish to the Market Committees such returns, Statement, estimates statistics and reports as the Market Committee may. from time to time require including reports :- (a) regarding the fines and penalties levied on and any disciplinary action taken against the members of the staff and the market functionaries and others; (b) regarding over-trading by traders; (c) regarding contravention of the Act, the rules, the bye-laws or the standing orders by any person; (d) regarding the suspension or cancellation of licences by the Chairman or the Director; (e) regarding the administration of the Market Committee and the regulation of the marketing; (vi) produce before the committee such documents books, registers and the like as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of the Committee or the Sub-committees and also whenever called upon by the Market Committee to do so; (vii) exercise supervision and control over the acts of all officer and servants of the Committee; (viii) collect fees and other moneys leviable by or due to the Market Committee; (ix) be responsible for all moneys credited to or received on behalf of the Market Committee; (x) make disbursements of all moneys lawfully payable by the Market Committee; (xi) report to the Chairman and Director or the Board as soon as possible in respect of fraud, embezzlement, theft or loss of Market Committee fund or property; (xii) prefer complaints in respects of prosecutions to be launched on behalf of the Market Committee and conduct proceedings civil or criminal on behalf of the Market Committee. (2) The Secretary shall be a member of the State Agricultural Marketing Service and shall be appointed by the Director. Other officers belonging to State Agricultural Marketing Service.