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Purposes for which the Market Committee Funds may be expended Subject to the provisions of section 27, the Market Committee Funds shall be expended for the following purposes :- (i) acquisition of sites for the market; (ii) maintenance and improvement of the market; (iii) construction and repair of buildings which are necessary for the purposes of the market and for the health, convenience and safety of the persons using it; (iv) provision and maintenance of standard weights and measures; (v) pay, leave allowances, gratuities, compassionate allowances and contributions towards leave allowances, compensation for injuries and death resulting from accidents while on duty, medical aid, pension or provident fund of the persons employed by the committee; (vi) payment of interest on loans that may be raised for purposes of the market and the provisions of a sinking fund in respect of such loans; (vii) collection and dissemination of information regarding all matters relating to crop statistics and marketing in respect of the agricultural produce concerned; (viii) providing comforts and facilities, such as shelter, shade, parking accommodation and water for the persons, draught cattle, vehicles and pack animals coming or being brought to the market or on construction and repair of 2[link roads] approach roads, culverts, bridges and other such purposes; (ix) expenses incurred in the maintenance of the offices and in auditing the accounts of the Committees ; 3[(x) Omitted] 1 Inserted vide The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 Punjab Act No. 17 of 2017 dated 14.8.17. 2 Inserted vide Punjab Act No. 3 of 1983. 3 Operation of this clause has been restricted by Supreme Court vide its judgment dated 4.5.1979 (K.K. Puri versus State of Punjab) [A.I.R. 1980 (S.C) 1008.] again omitted vide Punjab Act No. 17 of 2017 dated 14.8.17. 27 1 [xi) Omitted] 2 [(xi-a) payment of premium on insurance of farmers, who sell their produce in the markets established in the notified market area of a Market Committee constituted under this act;"] (xii) meeting any legal expenses incurred by the Committee; (xiii) imparting education in marketing 3[or agriculture]; (xiv) payments of travelling and other allowances to the members and employees of the Committee, as prescribed; (xv) loans and advances to the employees; 4[(xvi) Omitted] 5[(xvii) with the previous sanction of the Board, any other purpose which is calculated to promote the general interests of the Committee or the notified market area ; (xviii) to establish regulatory system and to create infrastructure for e-trading platform, e-marketing, direct marketing, e-trading, producer and consumer marketing and producer marketing ; (xix) to provide infrastructure for cleaning, grading, standardization and packaging of agricultural produce; (xx) to create and promote an infrastructure on its own or through public private partnership for a market yard of a notified market area and value addition such as cleaning, standardization, grading, packaging and post harvest handling of agricultural produce; (xxi) construction, repair, maintenance of link roads and passage to market yard;"] 6[(xxii) providing relief to debt stressed farmers of the State."] 7[xxiii) contribution for Price Stabilization Fund".] **29. Liability of member or employee of committees or the Board (1) Every person shall be liable for the loss, waste or misapplication of any money or other property belonging to a committee, if such loss, waste or misapplication is proved to the satisfaction of the Board to be the direct consequence of his neglect or misconduct in the performance of duties as a member or an employee of the committee, and he may, after being given an opportunity by a written notice to show cause why he should not be required to 1 ibid 2 Inserted vide Punjab Act No. 14 of 2016, Notification No. 17-Leg./2016. Dated 4th May, 2016 3 Substituted & Inserted vide The Punjab Agriculture Produce Markets (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 Punjab Act No.1 Of 2017 dated 14.8.17. 4 Omitted vide The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 Punjab Act No.1 Of 2017 dated 14.8.17. 5 Inserted vide The Punjab Agriculture Produce Markets (Second Amendment) Act, 2017 Punjab Act No.1 Of 2017 dated 14.8.17. 6 Inserted vide Punjab Act No. 22 of 2017, notification no. 32-Leg/2017 dated 29th Dec 2017 7 Inserted vide Punjab Act No. 20 of 2018, notification No. 21-Leg./2018 dated 26th Sept. 2018 & corrigendum no. (xiii) vide 25th january 2019 ** State Government vide Memo No. 11 (37) –M-85/24/84 dated 19.2.85 has delegated the powers under section 29 the Chairman, Board up to 25,000/- for surcharging a person for a loss caused to the Committee 28 make good the loss, be surcharged with the value of such property or the amount of such loss by the Board, and if the amount is not paid within one month from the expiry of the period of appeal prescribed by sub-section (3) it shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue: Provided that no such person shall be called upon to show cause after the expiry of a period of four years from the occurrence of such loss, waste or misapplication or after the expiry of two years from the time of his ceasing to be a member of an employee, whichever expires first. (2) Every person shall be liable for the loss, waste or misapplication of any money or other property belonging to the Board, if such loss, waste or misapplication is proved to the satisfaction of the State Government to be the direct consequence of his neglect or misconduct in the performance of duties as a member or an employee of the Board, and he may, after being given an opportunity by a written notice to show cause why he should not be required to make good the loss, be surcharged with the value of such property or the amount of such loss by the State Government, and if the amount is not paid within one month from the expiry of the period of appeal prescribed by sub-section (3) it shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue: Provided that no such person shall be called upon to show cause after the expiry of a period of four years from the occurrence of such loss, waste or misapplication or after the expiry of two years from the time of his ceasing to be a member or an employee, whichever expires first. (3) The person against whom an order under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) is made may, within one month of the service of such order, appeal to the State Government which shall have the power of confirming, modifying or disallowing the surcharge.