Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Private Markets :– No person shall open a new Private Market after the commencement of this act, or continue to keep open a Private Market unless he obtains from the Grama Panchayat a licence to do so for a period not exceeding one year in the prescribed manner and such licence may be renewed every year. 2[Provided that in the Schedule Areas, the Grama Panchayat, subject to the control and supervision of the Grama Sasan shall have power to manage village markets by whatever name called.]