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If in any area in which this Act is brought into Repeal. force, there is any provision of any other law which corres- ponds to any provision of this Act, such corresponding provision of such other law shall stand repealed in such area. 18 The West Aengal Markets Regulation Act, 1968. [ Preside nt's Aet Reasons for the enactment In varying degrees in the markets in West Bengal, buyers and sellers and, in particular, cultivators selling their produce, are subject to many disadvantages and malpractices amongst which the following are the most prevalent: (i) The rents realised by the owners and lessees of markets are often excessive and there are cases of grower-sellers having to pay, in. addition to rents, certain levies either in cash or in. kind. (ii) The system of sale in the market generally acts to the disadvan- tage of the producers and the benefit is largely appropriated by the middlemen and the merchants who on various accounts made deduction from the agreed price. . (iii) No grading and standardisation of agricultural produce is done at the time of sale and this system aAso acts to the disadvantage of the producers; by mixed sale, producers often lose the price premium which they would have got if the sales were conducted -under standard grades. (iv) Many of the markets are mismanaged. Sanitary and other arrangements are inadequate, causing inconvenience to the users of the markets and creating unhealthy condition. (v) Many of the owners hardly spend -any amount fOr proper main- tenance and improvement of the markets. (vi) Reliable information as to prices, stocks, sales, despatches, arrivals, _ etc., in respect of different markets are not usually available, though this is essential to formulate price and distribution policy and programme in regard to essential commodities.