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No order passed or decision made under this Act shall be appealable Bar of except as provided therein and no civil court shall have jurisdiction in respect Jurisdiction. of any matter which any competent authority is empowered by or under this Act to determine, and no injunction shall be granted by any court or other authority in respect of any action taken or to be taken in pursuance of any power conferred by or under this Act. 5 1. ( 1) No offence under this Act, or any rule or bye-law made thereunder, Trial of shall be tried by a court inferior to the court of a Judicial Magistrate of the offences. first Class. (2) No prosecution under this Act shall be instituted except by the Director or any officer authorised by him in that behalf or by the Secretary or by any other person duly authorised by the Market Committee in that behalf. (3) No court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act or any rule, order or bye-law made thereunder, unless complaint thereof is made within six months from the date on which the alleged commission of the offence came to the knowledge of the Director, officer, Secretary or person referred to in sub-section (2). (4) All fines received by a court from an offender shall be credited to the Government revenues and an amount equal to such fine shall be paid by the Government to the Market Committee. Recovery of 52. (1) Every sum due from a Market Committee to the Government shall due be recoverable as an arrear of land revenue. Government Market Com- mitee and (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 55, any sum others. due to a Market Committee on account of any charge, costs, expenses, fees, rent or on any other account under the provisions of this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder or any sum due to an agriculturist for any agricultural produce, specified under sub-section (I) of section 25, sold by him in the market area and which is not paid to him as provided by or under this Act, shall be recoverable from the person from whom such sum is due in the same manner as if it were an arrear of land revenue. (3) If any question arises whether a sum is due to a Market Committee or any agriculturist within the meaning of sub-section (2) it shall be referred to a Tribunal constituted for the purpose which shall, after making such inquiry as it may deem fit, and after giving to the person from whom it is alleged to be due, an opportunity of being heard, decide the question and the decision of the Tribunal shall be final. (4) The State Government may constitute one or more Tribunals consisting of one person, possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed, who is not connected with the Market Committee or the agriculturist as the case may be, or with the person from whom the sum is alleged to be due. Power of