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No trade allowance permissible except as prescribed :– No person shall make or recover any trade allowance, other than an allowance, prescribed by rules or bye-laws made under this Act, in any market area in any transaction in respect of the agricultural produce concerned and no Civil Courts shall, in any suit or proceeding arising out of any such transaction have regard to or recognise any trade allowance not so prescribed. Explanation :– Every deduction other than a deduction on account of deviation from sample when the purchase is made by sample or on account of deviation from standard when the purchase is made by reference to a known standard on account of difference between the actual weight of the container and the standard weight or on account of the admixture of foreign matter, shall be regarded as a trade allowance for the purpose of this section. 1[CHAPTER - IV-A CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF THE BOARD 18-A. Establishment of the Board :– (1) For the purpose of, exercising superintendence and control over Market Committees and for exercising such other powers and performing such function as are conferred or entrusted under this Act, the State Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, establish a Board called the Orissa state Agricultural Marketing Board. (2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely : (i) Minister-in-charge of Co-operation - Ex officio Chairman; (ii) the Director of Marketing - Ex officio Member Secretary; (iii) the Secretary, Agriculture and Co-operation Department - Member; (iv) the Secretary, Revenue Department - Member; (v) three non-official members to be nominated by the Government from among the members of Market Committees, by rotation; (vi) two members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly to be nominated by the State Government; (vii) two non-official members to be nominated by the State Government from among the leading Co-operators; (viii) for official members to be nominated by the State Government., (3) The term of office of the members of the board shall be four years. (4) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name of the Orissa State Agricultural Marketing Board having perpetual succession and a common seal with