Bare ActsThe Tamil Nadu Specified Commodities Markets (Regulation of Location) Act, 1996

Section 20

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(1) The Chief Administrative Officer of every market committee shall maintain a reglsre,, for every specified commodity for registering the wholesale traders, rn such form and in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) As soon as may be, after any area is declared to be a market area for any specified commodity? the Chief Administrative Officer shall issue a notice in such form and publish it In such manner as may be prescribed,inviting all ,be whole- sale traders actively engaged in the wholesale trade of such specified commodity in the local area, to apply in writing to him for regictering themselves with the market committee. Such applicaPons shall be invited within such period as may be pres- cribed, calling upon the applicants to adduce evidence that the applicants have been actively engaged in the wholesale tradc of such specified commodity in the local area immediately before the date of publicaltion of the noufication under sub-section (1) of section 4. (3) Every person other than the persons referred to in sub-section (2) intending to carry on the wholesale trade of such specified commodity in any market a:ea shall also apply to the Chief Administrative Officer for registering his name wth the market committee. (4) The application for such registration shall be made in such form and shall be accompanied by such fees aud documents as may be prescribed. (5) The Chief Administrative Officer shall consider all applications received by hfm and if he is satisfied on making such further inquiry, ifany, as he may deem fit that an applicant was actively engaged in, or intending to carry on,the wholesale- trade, he shall include his name in the register maintained by him under sub-see tion (1) and inform the applicant accordingly. Every such registered wholesale trader shall be eligible to get a licence as provided in section 21. (6) If the Chief Administrative Officer refuses to register the name of any person who has applied for the same, he shall communicate his decision in writing with reasons therefor to such person: Provided that no order under this sub-section shall be passed unless the person concerned is &en a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (7) If the Chief Administrative Officer, on application made to him or information received by him or on his own motion, a satisfied afier such inquiry as he deems fit, that any entry in the register is erroneous or defective in any pmi- cu]ar or should be omitted on the ground that the person concerned has ceased to m Y on the wholesale trade in such specified commodity, he may, after giving the a-d p s o n a reasonableopportunity of being heard, amend or omit the m~ry UI the regster. ((0 Any person aggrieved by any declsion of the Chief Admln~strative Officer in regard to the refusal of registration ar amendment or omission of any e n t r ~ . ~ f his name the register, may make an appeal in writing to the local aulhority within s u d period as may be prescribed. . . . t. - - -. v I.AMJL NADU GOVERNMENT~GAZE~E E ~ A O R M N A ~ ~ --- -.-___-____ -.A -- -- (9) The decision of the Chief Administrative Offleer in re&il tb such regs- bation, and where an appeal is made against such decision, the decision of the local authority, shall be fulal.

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