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(1) If, in the opJnion of the State Government, a Market Committee, or any member thereof, is not competent to perform, or persistently makes default in performing the duties imposed on it or him by or under this Act, or abuses its or his power or wilfully disregards any instructions issued by the State Government or any officer duly authorised by it in this behalf and Powers of the Director to size books and records, funds and Market properties of Committee. Powers of the State Government to call for records of any proeeding of a Market Committee. Supersession of Market Committee etc. arising out of audit of account of the Market Committee or inspection of the office and works thereof thereby frustrating the purposes or this Act, the State Government may, for reasons to be recorded by it in writing and after giving the Committee or member, as the case may be, an opportunity of tendering an explanation, by notification, supersede such Market Committee, or remove such member, as the case may be ; and where a member is removed the vacancy so caused shall be filled in the same manner, and subject to the same condition in regard to term of office, as provided in section 14. (2) Upon the publication of a notification under sub-section (I) superseding a Market Committee the following consequences shall ensure, that is to say - (a) all members of the Market Committee shall, from the date of such publication, be deemed to have vacated their office. (b) all the assets of the Committee shall vest in the State Government ; (c) the State Government may, by order, either constitute a new Market-Committee in accordance with the provisions contrained in Chapter I1 or make such other arrangement for carrying out the functions of the Market Committee as it thinks fit. CHAPTER IX PENALTIES Penalty for 44. If the President to whom a direction has been issued under sub-section not complying (2) of section 20, does not, except for reasons beyond his control, comply "thdiitions. with such direction, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees. Penalty for 45. Whoever, in contravention of the provision of sub-section (1) of contravention section 30, uses any place in the market area for the marketing of the agricultural of 33 produce specified in the declaration made under sub-section (1) of section 4, or operates in the market area or in any market therein as a trader, commission agent, processor, weighman, measurer, surveyor, warehouseman, or in any other capacity in relation to the marketing of agricultural produce specified in such declaration, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both ; and in the case of continuing contravention with further fine which may extend to fifty rupees for every date, after the first, during which the contravention continues.