THE ODISHA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETS ACT, 1956

ORISSA ACT 3 OF 1957

*THE ORISSA AGRICULTURAL

PRODUCE MARKETS ACT, 1956
An act to provide, for the better regulation of buying and selling

of agricultural produce and the establishment of markets for

agricultural produce in the State of Orissa

Whereas it is expedient to provide for the better regulation of buying and selling

of Agricultural produce in the State of Orissa and establishment of markets for agricultural

produce.

It is hereby enacted by the Legislature of the State of Orissa in the Seventh year

of the Republic of India as follows :

Statement of Objects and Reasons– Agricultural producer is at present a victim

of the unfair practice and undue exactions of a host of middlemen on whom he has to

depend for marketing his surplus produce. It has been estimated that the Agricultural

Producer is able to get only 5 to 19 annas in the rupee paid for his produce by the

ultimate consumer. Unless the Agricultural Producer is assured of his legitimate share

of the price paid by the consumer for his produce it will not be possible to bring about

any improvement in the standard of living of the cultivators and sustain the progress

achieved in expanding agricultural production.

The unfair practices that are commonly practised by the wholesale traders in the

course of their transactions with the agricultural producers are unfair deductions, non-

use of standard weights and measures, unfair manipulation of weighing and

measurement, taking very large quantities of free samples, levy of excessive market

charges etc. The producer is also not in possession of market intelligence and is at the

mercy of the brokers and commission agents who are always on the side of the wholesale

traders. The Planning Commission have laid great emphasis repeatedly on the need for

regulating markets to rectify the above defects by enacting a special legislation as has

been done in Madras, Bombay, Hyderabad, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Pepsu.

The present Bill has accordingly drawn up and it speaks to bring about regulation

of markets. It is proposed to constitute Market Committees in selected areas and for

* Published vide Orissa gazette Ext. dated 8.2.1957. See Notfn. No. 598-Legis/6.2.1957.

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selected commodities to be notified by the Government and in these areas the traders

and commission agents will be licensed by the Committees who will exercise strict

supervision over their operations and also fixed market charges, etc. The Market

Committees will maintain separate staff for ensuring that the traders and other market

functionaries act strictly according to the conditions of their licences and correct

weighment is done with standard Weights and Measures. The Committee will be a

democratic body consisting of elected representatives of traders, agricultural producers,

local bodies and officials nominated by the Government. Any dispute will be subject to

the arbitration of the Committee and the Committee will also make up-to-date market

intelligence available to the producers. As a result of such regulation the agricultural

producers, it is hoped, will be able to get a fair deal in the Market.

For the Bill See the Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 69 of 1966 and for Select Committee

Report, See orissa Gazette Ext., No. 106/ 18.8.1956.

CHAPTER - I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title, extent, and commencement :– (1) This Act may be called the

Orissa Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1956.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Orissa.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Definitions :– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or

context–
1[(i) "Agricultural Produce" means such produce (whether processed or

not) of agriculture, forest, animal husbandry, agriculture, horticulture and

pisciculture as are specified in the Schedule;]
1[(ii) "Agriculturist" means a person who ordinarily, by his own labour or by

the labour of any member of his family or who, by the labour of his

tenants, servants, hired labourer or otherwise, is engaged in the production

or growth of agricultural produce which has not-been processed but does

not include a trader, commission agent, processor or broker in or in relation

to agricultural produce although such trader, commission agent, processor

or broker may also be engaged in the production or growth of agricultural

produce;
1[(ii-a) "Board" means the Orissa State Agricultural Marketing Board

established under Section 18-A of the Act;

(iii) "Bye laws"  means bye-laws made under Section 28;
1[(iv) "Director" means the person appointed as Director of Agricultural

Marketing for the State of Orissa and includes a Joint Director, Deputy

Director and any other officers appointed by the State Government for

the purposes of the Act;]

(v) 2[ * * *]

1. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984 Section 2 (i) (a).

2. Omitted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec. 2 (i) (c).



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1[(vi) "Market"  means a market declared as such under Sub-section (5) of

Section 4 and includes market yard;

1[(vii) "Market area" means any area declared as such under Sub-section (1)

of Section 4;

(viii) "Market Committee" means a committee established under Section 5;

2[(viii-a) "Market functionary" includes a broker, commission agent, exporter,

processor, stockist, trader, vehicle owner and such other persons as may

be declared under the rules or bye-laws to be a market functionary;]

3[(ix) "Market yard" means any enclosure, building or locality in any market

area declared as market yard under sub-section (5) of Section 4

(x) "Municipality" includes a Notified Area 4[* * *];

(xi) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act and

5[(xii) "Retail sale" in relation to any agricultural produce means the sale of

that produce not exceeding such quantity as may be prescribed :

[Provided that the sale of cattle, sheep or goat shall not be considered for the

purpose of determining any retail sale;

6(xiii) "Trader" means a person who buys or sells agricultural, produce as a

principal or as a duly authorised agent of any person;]

7(xiv) "Warehouse" means any building, structure or other protected enclosure

which is or may be used for the purpose of storing agricultural produce

being goods on behalf of depositors, but does not include cloak rooms

attached to hotels, railway stations, the premises of other public carriers

and the like;

(2) If a question arises whether any person is or is not an agriculturist for the

purpose of this Act, the 7decision of the Board on such question] shall be final.

1. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec 2 (i) (d).

2. Inserted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec. 2 (i) (e).

3. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec. 2 (i) (f).

4. Omitted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec. 2 (i) (g).

5. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec. 2 (i) (h).

6. Inserted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec. 2 (i) (i).

7. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Sec. 2 (ii).



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CHAPTER - II

CONSTITUTION OF MARKETS AND MARKET COMMITTEE

3. Notification of intension of exercising control over purchase and sale of

agricultural produce :– (1) The State Government may by notification declare its

intention of regulating the purchase and sale of such agricultural produce and in such

area, as may be specified in the notification. Such notification may also be published in

the regional language of the area in a newspaper circulated in the said area or in such

other manner as the State Government may deem fit.

(2) Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the State Government

within a period of not less than one month to be specified in the said notification may

be considered by the State Government.

4. Declaration of market area :– (1) After expiry of the period, specified in the

notification issued under Section 3 and after considering such objections and suggestions

as may be  received before such expiry and after holding such inquiry as may be

necessary, the State Government may, by ratification declare the area specified in the

notification under Section 3 or any portion thereof to be a market area for the purpose

of this Act in respect of all or any of the kinds of agricultural produce specified in the

said notification. A notification under this section may also be published in the regional

language of the area in a newspaper circulated in the said area or may be published in

such other manner as the State Government may deem fit.

(2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that a notification published

in the Gazette under Section 3 or under Sub-section (1) shall have full force and effect

notwithstanding any omission to further publish the same in any other manner, or

irregularity or defect in such further publication in pursuance of Section 3 or Sub-

section (1), as the case may be.

1[(3) On and from the date of notification issued under Sub-section, (1) or such

later date as may be specified therein, no local authority or person shall, notwithstanding

anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, set up, establish or

continue or allow to be set up, established or continued any place for the purpose of

sale and purchase of any agricultural produce within the market area or within a distance

thereof to be notified in the Gazette in this behalf in each case by the State Government :

Provided that the State Government may, subject to such terms and conditions

as they may impose, permit the continuation of any place in the market area for the

marketing of any agricultural produce as aforesaid for such period not being later than

the date of declaration of market yard within the market area as they may specify.

(4) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time

being in force, the market committee may, after a notification issued under Sub-section

(1), by requisition, require any Municipality or Grama Panchayat to transfer to it any

land or building in possession of such Municipality or Grama Panchayat wholly of

partly situated within the concerned in market area which immediately before the

1. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Section 3.



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establishment of the market was being used by such Municipality or Grama Panchayat

for similar purpose, and the Municipality or Grama Panchayat, as the case may be,

shall within one month from the date of receipt of the requisition, transfer the land or

building or both, as specified in the requisition to the market committee and the net

income derived therefore by the market committee under Section 11 shall be shared

equally by the market committee and the concerned Municipality or Grama Panchayat,

every year :

Provided that the share of the Municipality or Grama Panchayat in any one year

shall not be less than eighty per cent of the average net' income derived by it from land

or building or both so transferred during the three years immediately preceding the

transfer.

Explanation :– For the purpose of determining the net income, the expenditure

on establishment, stationery and cost of maintenance on construction or forty per cent

of the gross income, whichever is less, shall be deducted from the gross income.

(5) After the issue of the notification under Sub-section (1), the State Government

shall, as soon as possible on the recommendation of the Director, declare by notification,

market yards and markets in the market area specifying the area over which each market

shall extend around the respective market yard.

(6) Subject to the provisions of this section and of the rule regulating the marketing

of agricultural produce at any place in the market area, no person shall, on and after the

date on which the declaration is made under Sub-section (5), without or otherwise than

in conformity with the terms and conditions of a licence granted by-

(a) the Director, when a market committee has not been constituted or has

not started functioning;or

(b) the market committee, in any other case-

(i) use any place in the market area for the marketing of agricultural

produce specified in the said declaration of

(ii) operate in the market area or in any market therein as a trader,

commission agent, broker, processor, weighman, measurer,

surveyor or warehouseman or in any other capacity in relation to

the marketing of such agricultural produce :

Provide that when any agricultural produce brought into any market area for the

purpose of processing only, or for export, is not processed or exported therefrom within

thirty days from the date of its, arrival therein, it shall, until the contrary is proved, be

presumed to have "been brought into the market area for buying or selling :

Provided further that nothing in Clause (i) shall apply to the retail sale by an

agriculturist of his own produce, or to sale by a person not being a trader or agriculturist,

where such person himself sells to another who buys for his personal consumption or

his family.

(7) Subject to the provisions of Section 3, the State Government may at any time

by notification, exclude from a market area, any area comprised therein or any agricultural



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produce in relation to such market area, or include in any market area, any area or any

agricultural produce included in a notification issued under Section 3.]

5. Establishment of Market Committee :– The State Government shall establish

a Market Committee for every market area in respect of the agricultural produce for

which the said area is declared to be a market area under Section 4. It shall be the duty

of the Market Committee to enforce the provisions of this Act, and the rules and bye-

laws made thereunder and the conditions of the licence granted under Sub-section (3)

of Section 4 in such market area and within such distance thereof  as may be specified

in the notification under Subsection (1) of Section 4 and, when so required by the State

Government, to establish a market therein providing for such facilities as the State

Government, may from time to time direct in connection with the purchase and sale of

the agricultural produce concerned.

6. Constitution of Market Committee :– 1[(1) Every Market Committee shall

be constituted in the manner prescribed and shall consist of seventeen members, of

whom–

(i) four shall be persons elected by the licensed traders from among

themselves;

(ii) eight shall be persons elected by Organisation of agriculturists in the

market area recognised by the State Government for the purpose and

where no such Organisation exists, they shall be nominated by the

Collector of the district ;

(iii) two shall be persons elected by the local authorities within whose limits

the market area is situated, of whom-

(a) one shall be elected by the Councillors of the Municipality; and

(b) the other shall be elected by the members of the Gram Panchayat :

Provided that where the market area comprises areas included within more than

one Municipality or, as the case may be, Grama Panchayat such member shall be elected

by the Councillors of the Municipalities or, as the case may be, members of the Grama

Panchayats, concerned, in the prescribed manner :

Provided further that where the market area is only within the limits of a

Municipality or Municipalities of , as the case may be, of a Grama Panchayat or Grama

Panchayats both such members shall be elected by the Councillors of the Municipality

or Municipalities or, as the case may be, by the members of the Grama Panchayat or

Grama Panchayats, concerned, in the prescribed manner :

Provided also that a person to whom a license has been granted under Sub-

section (6) of Section 4 shall not be eligible for being elected under this clause;

(iv) the remaining members shall be persons nominated by the State

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Government of whom one shall be person from amongst the members of

the local Co-operative organisations; and the Collector of the district or

such other Revenue Officer as the State Government may deem proper,

to nominate.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub section (1) -

(a) on the failure of the licensed traders, any Organisation or authority to

elect a member under Sub-section (1) within a period of three months

from the date of the occurrence of the vacancy, the State Government

shall give notice in writing to the licensed traders, Organisation or

authority concerned to elect a member within a month from the date of

such notice and on the failure of the said traders, Organisation or authority

again to elect a member within the said period, the State Government

shall nominate a person on behalf of such traders, Organisation or

authority as a member of the Market Committee ; and

(b) wen a Market Committee is constituted for the first time, all the members

of the Market Committee shall be person nominated by the State

Government.]

(3) Every member of a Market Committee first constituted shall hold office for

a term of two years from the date of the first general meeting of the Market Committee

and every member elected or nominated thereafter shall hold office for a term of three

years :

Provided that notwithstanding the expiry of his term of office every member of

the Committee shall continue to hold office until the date of the general meeting of the

Committee next following the date of such expiry.

(4) A member elected under Sub-Section (1) shall cease to hold office as such

member if he ceases to be a member of the electorate by which one of the persons by

whom he was elected, and in the case of a member elected under Clause (iii) of the said

Sub-section, if he is granted a licence under 1[ Sub-section (6)] of Section 4.

(5) If at any time a vacancy occurs through the non-acceptance of office by a

person elected or nominated or through the death, disqualification or resignation of a

member or in the event of his ceasing to be a member before the expiry of his term of

office, the vacancy shall be filled up by the election or nomination, as the case may be,

of a person thereto in the manner specified above. Every such person shall hold office

so long only as the member in whose place he is elected or nominated, would have held

it if the vacancy had not occurred.

(6) There shall be a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman for every Market Committee,

who shall be nominated by the State Government.

(7) No act done by a Market Committee shall be questioned on the ground

merely of the existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of the

Committee.

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1CHAPTER - II-A

ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVATE MARKETS

6-A. Grant of licence for establishment of private markets :– (1) Notwithstanding

anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, any person

or body of persons like company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 or a Co-

operative society registered under the Orissa Co-operative Societies Act, 1962 or a Co-

operative registered under the Orissa Self - Help Co-operative Act, 2001, may, after

obtaining a licence from the State Government, establish a private market for the purpose

of sale or purchase of any agricultural produce within such area as the State Government

may, by notification, declare and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be

specified therein :

Provided that, no licence shall be granted for the purpose of sale or purchase of

common varieties of paddy and rice, and for the establishment of any private market

within a radius of one kilometre from an existing market yard.

(2) Any person or body of persons mentioned in Sub-section (1) may apply to

the State Government for grant of a licence to establish a private market within the area

notified under the said sub-section, in such form, in such manner and with such fees, as

may be prescribed.

(3) Subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, the State

Government may grant a licence in the prescribed manner;

Provided that the licence shall not be granted if the applicant,

(a) is a minor;

(b) is in arrear of dues payable under this Act or Rules or Bye-laws made

thereunder;

(c) has been convicted and sentenced by a Court; or

(d) is disqualified for any other reasons as may be prescribed.

(4) Every licence granted under Sub-section (3) shall remain valid for a period

of three years from the date of its issue and it may be renewed, from time to time, for a

further period of one year on payment of such fee, in such manner and on fulfilment of

such conditions as may be prescribed.

(5) If the State Government refuse to grant or renew a licence under this section,

it shall record the reasons for such refusal in writing and communicate its order to the

applicant.

(6) Every application made under this Section shall be disposed of by the State

Government, within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of such application.

6-B. Power to cancel or suspend a licence :– (1) The State Government may

suspend or cancel the licence if,–

(a) the licensee has obtained the licence by means  of fraud or

misrepresentation of facts;

1. Inserted vide Orissa Act No. 5 of 2006 O.G.E. No. 660 dated 17.5.2006 (w.e.f. 6.6.2006).



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(b) the licensee or any servants or anyone acting on his behalf, has violated

any of the terms and conditions of licence;

(c) the licensee in combination with other licensee wilfully commits any act

or abstains from carrying his normal business in the market area, with an

intention of obstructing, suspending or stopping the marketing of

agricultural produce in the market and in consequence whereof the

marketing of any such agricultural produce has been obstructed,

suspended or stopped;

(d) the licensee has been adjudicated as an insolvent or is an undischarged

insolvent; or

(e) the licensee incurs any disqualification, as may be prescribed.

(2) Before passing orders under Sub-section (1) the State Government shall

intimate to the licensee the grounds on which it is proposed to pass such orders and

give him a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against it.

(3) The State Government may suspend the licence pending the passing of an

order for its cancellation under Sub-section (1).

(4) A copy of every order passed under Sub-sections (1) and (3) shall be

communicated to the licensee.

CHAPTER - II-B

CONTRACT FARMING

6-C. Definitions :– In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,–

(a) "Contract Farming" means farming by a person or a firm, registered under

the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, or a Company registered under the

Companies Act, 1956 or a Co-operative Society registered under the

Orissa Co-operative Societies Act, 1962 or a Co-operative registered

under the Orissa Self-Help Co-operatives Act, 2001 or a Government

Agency called the Contract Farming Producer under a written agreement

with another person or body of persons called Contract Farming Sponsor

to the effect that produce of such Contract Farming Producer shall be

purchased as specified in the agreement, by the Contract Farming Sponsor.

(b) "Contract Farming Agreement" means the agreement made for contract

farming between the Contract Farming Producer and the Contract Farming

Sponsor; and

(c) "Contract Farming Producer" means a person, firm, company, co-

operative society, co-operative or Government agency as mentioned in

Clause (a).

6-D. Contract Farming Agreement :– Contract Farming Agreement shall be

governed in the manner laid down hereinafter.

(1) Contract Farming Sponsor shall  register himself or itself with the Market

Committee in such manner and with such fee payable to the Market Committee as may

be specified by the State Government.



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(2) The Contract Farming Sponsor shall get the Contract Farming Agreement

recorded with the concerned Market Committee and the Contract Farming Agreement

shall be in such form containing such particulars and terms and conditions as may be

specified by the State Government.

(3) Dispute arising out of the Contract Farming Agreement may be referred to

the Director for settlement and the Director shall decide the dispute in a summary

manner within thirty days from the date of reference, after giving the parties a reasonable

opportunity of being heard in the manner prescribed.

(4) The party aggrieved by the decision of the director under Sub-section (3)

may prefer an appeal to the Secretary to Government, Co-operation Department within

thirty days from the date of the decision and the appeal shall be disposed of within

thirty days, after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard and the

decision shall be final.

(5) The decision under Sub-section (3) or (4) shall have the force of a  decree of

a Civil Court and the decretal amount shall be recovered as an arrear of land revenue.

(6) The Agricultural produce covered under the Contract Farming Agreement

may be sold to the Contract Farming Sponsor outside the market yard and in such a

case, no market fees shall be leviable.

(7) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Contract - Farming Agreement,

no title, right, ownership or possession shall be transferred or alienated or vested in the

Contract Farming Sponsor or his successor or his agent or his assignee, as the case may

be.]

CHAPTER - III

INCORPORATION OF MARKET COMMITTEE - ITS

POWERS AND DUTIES

7. Incorporation of market committee :– Every Market Committee shall be a

body corporate by such name as the State Government may, by notification specify. It

shall have perpetual succession and common seal, may sue and be sued on its corporate

name and shall be competent to acquire and hold, lease, sell or otherwise transfer any

property and to contract and to do all other things necessary for the purposes for which

it is established.

8. Appointment of Sub-Committee or Joint Committee :– A Market

Committee may, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder by

itself or conjointly and in co-operation with any other Market Committee, appoint one

or move of its members to be a Sub-Committee or to be a Joint Committee a for the

conduct of any work or to report on any matter as it may think fit.

9. Employment of staff :– (1) The Market Committee may employ such officers

and employees as may be necessary for the management of the market and may pay

such officers and employees such salaries as the market Committee thinks fit.

(2) The Market Committee shall, in the case of any officer or employee of

Government whom it employs, make such contributions towards his pension, gratuity



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and leave allowances as may be required by the conditions of his service to be paid by

him or on his behalf.

1[(3) The Chairman, Vice-Chairman, the Secretary and other officers and servants

of the Board and Market Committee shall be deemed to be public servants within the

meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.

10. Execution of contract :– (1) Every contract entered into by a Market

Committee shall be in writing and shall be executed on behalf of the Market Committee

by its Chairman, and two other members of the Committee.

(2) No contract other than a contract executed as provided in Sub-section (1)

shall be binding on Market Committee.

2[11. Levy of fees :–  It shall be competent for a Market Committee to levy and

collect such fees (hereinafter referred to as the market fees) not being less than one

rupee from every purchaser for every hundred rupees worth of agricultural produce

marketed in the market area in such manner as may be prescribed and at such rate as

may be specified in the bye-laws :

Provided that the rate of fees to be specified in the bye-laws shall not exceed

three per cent of the value of agricultural produce sold in the markets within the market

area

Provided further that no such fees shall be levied and collected in the same

market area in relation to any agricultural produce in respect of which fees under this

section have already been levied and collected therein.

Explanation :– For the purpose of this section all notified agricultural produce

leaving a market yard shall unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to have ben

brought within such yard by the person in possession of such produce.

3[12. Power of search, seizure and inspection etc.:– (1) The Chairman,

Secretary or any other officer or servant of the Market Committee duly authorised by it

in this behalf may, for the purposes of this Act, require any person carrying on business

in any kind of notified agricultural produce to produce before him the accounts and

other documents and to furnish any information, relating to the stocks of such agricultural

produce or purchase, sale and delivery of such agricultural produce by such person and

also any other information relating to payment of market lees by such person.

(2) All accounts and registers maintained by any person in the ordinary course

of business in respect of any notified agricultural produce and documents relating to

stock of such agricultural produce or purchase, sale and delivery of such produce in his

possession and the office establishment, godown, vessels or vehicles of such person

shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times to the officers or servants referred to

in - Sub-section (1) duly authorised by the Market Committee in this behalf.

(3) If any officer or servant of the Market Committee authorised under Sub-

section (2) has reason to suspect that any person is attempting to evade payment of any

1. Inserted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Section 5.

2. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Section 6.

3. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1984, Section 7.



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market fees due from him under Section 11 or that any person has purchased or sold any

agricultural produce in contravention of any of the provisions of the Act or the rules, or

the bye-laws in force in the markets area, he may, after recording reasons therefore in

writing, seize any books of account, registers or documents of such person as may be

necessary on issue of proper receipt therefore and shall retain the same only so long as

they are necessary for examination thereof or for prosecution.

(4) For the purposes of Sub-sections (2) and (3) the officers and servants

authorised thereunder shall have powers to enter into and search any place of business,

warehouse, office, establishment, godown vessel or vehicle where such officer or servant

has reason to believe that such person keeps or for the time being keeps any accounts,

registers or documents of his business, or stocks of agricultural produce relating to his

business.

(5) The provisions of Section 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, (2

of 1974) shall, so far as may be, apply to a search under Sub-section (4).

(6) Where any books of account or other documents are seized from any place

and there are entries therein making reference to quantity, quotations, rates, receipt of

payment of money or sale or purchase of goods, such books of account or other

documents shall be admitted in evidence without witness having to appear to prove the

same and such entries shall be prima facie evidence of the matter, transactions and

accounts purported to be therein recorded.

(7) At any time where required by the Chairman, Secretary or any other officer

or servant duly empowered by the Market Committee in this behalf, the driver or any

other person in charge of any vehicle, vessel or other conveyance, which is taken or

proposed to be taken out of the market area, shall stop the vehicle, vessel or other

conveyance, as the case may be, and keep it stationary so long as may reasonably be

necessary, and allow such officer or servants to examine the contents in the vehicles,

vessel   or other conveyance and inspect all records relating to the notified agricultural

produce carried and give name and address of his own and those of the owner of the

vehicle, vessel or other conveyance and of the owner of the notified agricultural produce

carried in such vehicle, vessel or other conveyance.

(8) The officer or servant of the Market Committee empowered under Sub-

section (7) shall have power to seize any notified agricultural produce taken or proposed

to be taken out of the market area in any vehicle, vessel or other conveyance, it such

officer or servant has reason to believe that any fee or other amount due under this Act

in respect of such produce has riot been paid and such seizure shall forthwith be reported

by the officer or servant aforesaid to a Magistrate having jurisdiction to try the offence

under this Act and the provisions of Sections 457, 458 and 459 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure 1973, (2 of 1974) shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to notified

agricultural produce seized as aforesaid as they apply in relation to property seized by

a Police Officer.

(9) The Market Committee may accept from any person who has committed or

is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence against this Act or the rules or

bye-laws, on admission, by way of composition of an offence-



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(a) where the offence consists of the failure to pay or the evasion of any fee,

or other amount recoverable under this Act of the rules or the bye-laws,

in addition to the fee of other amount so recoverable, a sum of money not

exceeding five hundred rupees or double the amount of such fee or other

amount, whichever is greater ; and

(b) in other cases, a sum of money not exceeding five hundred rupees.

(10) On the composition of any offence under Sub-section (9) no proceedings

shall be taken or continued against the person concerned in respect of such offence and

if any proceedings in respect of that offence have already been instituted against him in

any Court, the composition shall have the effect of his acquittal.]

13. Decision of certain disputes under the Orissa Weights and Measures

Act, 1943 :– (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Orissa Weights and Measures

Act (VII of 1943), if any difference arises between any Inspector appointed under

Section 15 of the said Act and any person interested as to the meaning or construction

of any rule, or as to the method of verifying, auditing or stamping an weight or measure

or measuring instrument in any market area, such difference may at the request of the

party interested or by the Inspector of his own accord, be referred to the Market

Committee and the decision of the Market Committee shall, subject to the provisions of

Sub-section (2) be final and shall be deemed to have been given under Section 22 of the

Orissa Weights and Measures Act, VII of 1943.

(2) An appeal shall lie within the time prescribed from the decision under Sub-

section (1) to the State Government or such officer as the State Government may appoint

in this behalf. The decision of the State Government or such officer shall be final.

14. Power to borrow :– (1) A Market Committee may, with the previous sanction

of the State Government, raise money required lot carrying out the purposes for which

it is established on the security of any property vested in it and of any fees leviable by

it under this Act.

1[(2) The Market Committee may, for the purpose of meeting the initial

expenditure on land, buildings and equipment required for establishing a market, obtain

a loan from the State Government or the State Bank of India constituted under the state

Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955) or any Subsidiary Bank as defined in the State

Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 (33 of 1959) or a Bank specified in Column

2 of the First Schedule to the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of

Undertakings) Act, 1970 (5 of 1970) or and corporate body including a company as

defined in Section 3 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) in which not less than

fifty-one per cent of the paid up share capital is held by the Central Government or the

State Government or partly by the Central Government and partly by the State

Government.]

15. Market Committee Fund :– (1) All moneys received by a Market Committee

shall be paid into a fund to be called "The Market Committee Fund" and all expenditure

incurred by a Market Committee under or for the purposes of this Act, shall be defrayed

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out of the said fund. Any surplus remaining with the Market Committee after such

expenditure has been met shall be invested as may be prescribed in this behalf.

(2) Every Market Committee shall pay to the State Government the cost of any

additional or special staff employed by the State Government in consultation with such

Market Committee for giving effect to the provisions of this Act, in the market area for

which such Market Committee is established.

(3) The State Government shall determine the cost of such additional or special

staff and shall, when their staff is employed for the purposes of more than one Market

Committees, apportion such cost among the Committee concerned in such manner as it

thinks fit. The decision of the State Government determining the amount payable by

any Market Committee shall be final.

16. Expenditure from the Market Committee Fund :– Subject to the provision

of Section 15, the Market Committee Fund shall be expended for the following purposes,

namely :

(1) The acquisition of site for the market;

(2) The maintenance and improvement of the market;

(3) The construction and repair of building necessary for the purposes of the

Act and for the health, convenience and safety of the persons using the

market;

(4) The provision and maintenance of standard weights and measures;

(5) The pay, pension, leave allowance, gratuity, compensation for injury

resulting from accident, compassionate allowance and contribution

towards leave allowance, pension or provident fund of the officer, and

staff employed by it;

(6) The expenses of and incidental to elections;

(7) The payment of interest on the loan that may be raised for the purposes

of the market and the provisions of sinking fund in respect of such loan;

(8) The Collection and dissemination of information regarding matter relating

to crop, statistics and marketing in respect of the agricultural produce

notified under Section 4;

(9) Payment of the cost  referred to in Sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section

14;

(10)  Propaganda in favour of agricultural improvement ; and

(11) Such other expenses that may be necessary for carrying out the purposes

of the Act.

17. Acquisition of land :– When any land is required for the purpose of this

Act, the State Government may, on the request of the Market Committee proceed to

acquire it under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1 of 1894, or any other law

for the time being in force, and on payment by the Market Committee, of the

compensation awarded under the said Act or other law, as the case may be, and of all

other charges incurred by the State Government on account of such acquisition, the

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CHAPTER - IV

TRADE ALLOWANCES

18. No trade allowance permissible except as prescribed :– No person shall

make or recover any trade allowance, other than an allowance, prescribed by rules or

bye-laws made under this Act, in any market area in any transaction in respect of the

agricultural produce concerned and no Civil Courts shall, in any suit or proceeding

arising out of any such transaction have regard to or recognise any trade allowance not

so prescribed.

Explanation :– Every deduction other than a deduction on account of deviation

from sample when the purchase is made by sample or on account of deviation from

standard when the purchase is made by reference to a known standard on account of

difference between the actual weight of the container and the standard weight or on

account of the admixture of foreign matter, shall be regarded as a trade allowance for

the purpose of this section.

1[CHAPTER - IV-A

CONSTITUTION AND POWERS OF THE BOARD

18-A. Establishment of the Board :– (1) For the purpose of, exercising

superintendence and control over Market Committees and for exercising such other

powers and performing such function as are conferred or entrusted under this Act, the

State Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, establish a Board called

the Orissa state Agricultural Marketing Board.

(2) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely :

(i) Minister-in-charge of Co-operation - Ex officio Chairman;

(ii) the Director of Marketing - Ex officio Member Secretary;

(iii) the Secretary, Agriculture and Co-operation Department - Member;

(iv) the Secretary, Revenue Department - Member;

(v) three non-official members to be nominated by the Government from

among the members of Market Committees, by rotation;

(vi) two members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly to be nominated by the

State Government;

(vii) two non-official members to be nominated by the State Government from

among the leading Co-operators;

(viii) for official members to be nominated by the State Government.,

(3) The term of office of the members of the board shall be four years.

(4) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name of the Orissa State

Agricultural Marketing Board having perpetual succession and a common seal with

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power to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable and subject to the

prescribed conditions and restrictions to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any property

and may sue or be sued in its corporate name and shall, subject to the provisions of this

Act, and the rules and bye laws made thereunder, be competent to contract and do all

other things as may be necessary for the purpose for which it is established.

18-B. Powers and functions/of the Board :– (1) The Board shall, subject to

the provisions of this Act, exercise the following powers, namely :

(i) superintendence and control over the working and other affairs of the

Market Committees including programmes under taken by such

committees for the development of markets and market areas;

(ii) giving direction to Market Committees in general or any Market

Committee in particular with a view to ensuring efficiency thereof;

(iii) approval of proposals for selection of sites by a Market Committee for

development of market.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions it shall be the

duty of the Board–

(i) to supervise and guide the Market Committees in the preparation of plan

and estimates of construction programme undertaken by the Market

Committee;

(ii) to execute all works chargeable to Marketing Development Fund;

(iii) to maintain accounts in such forms as may be prescribed and get the

same audited in such manner as may be paid down in the regulations of

the Board',

(iv) to publish annually at the close of the year its progress report, balance-

sheet and the statement of assets and liabilities;

(v) to make necessary arrangements for propaganda and publicity on matters

related to marketing of an agricultural produce;

(vi) to provide facilities for the training of officers and servants of Market

Committees;

(vii) to prepare and adopt budget for the ensuing year;

(viii) to grant subventions to Market Committees for the purpose of this Act

on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine;

(ix) to do such either things as may be of general interest to Market committees

or considered necessary for the efficient functioning of the Board.

18-C. Power of the Board to make regulations :– (1) The Board may, with the

previous approval of the State Government, make regulations not inconsistent with this

Act and the rules made thereunder, for the administration of the affairs of the Board.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to eye generality of the foregoing powers,

such regulations may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :

(a) the summoning and holding of meetings of the Board, the time and date

when such meetings are to be held, the conduct of business at such

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(b) the powers and duties of the officers and servants of the Board;

(c) the salaries and allowances and other conditions of service of officers

and servants of the Board;

(d) the management of the property of the Board;

(e) the execution of contracts and assurances of property on behalf of the

Board;

(f) the maintenance of accounts and preparation of balance-sheet of the

Board;

(g) the procedure for carrying out the functions of the Board under the Act ;

and

(h) any other matter for which provision is to be or may be made in the

regulations.

18-D. Power of the Board to borrow :– The Board, subject to the provisions

of this Act, may, from time to time, with the previous sanction of the State Government

and subject to such conditions as the State Government may by general or special order

determine, borrow any sum required for the purposes of this Act from the state

Government or from any financial institution whether by issue of bond or stock.

 18-E. Constitution of the Marketing Development Fund :– All moneys

received by or on behalf of the Board shall constitute a fund called the Marketing

Development Fund.

18-F. Proceedings not invalidated by reasons of vacancies etc. :–  No act

done or proceedings taken under this Act by the Board or a sub-committee appointed

by the Board shall be invalidated merely on the ground of–

(a) any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Board or any sub-

committee; or

(b) any defect or irregularity in the appointment of any person acting as a

member thereof ; or

(c) any defect or irregularity in such act or proceedings not affecting the

substance.

18-G. Contribution to be paid to the Board :– Every Market Committee shall,

out of its funds, pay to the Board as contribution such percentage of its income derived

from licence fees and market fees not less than five per cent of such income as may be

prescribed to meet the expenses of the establishment of the Board and also those incurred

in the interest of the Market Committee.]

CHAPTER - V

MISCELLANEOUS

19. Liability of member of Market Committee to removal from office :–

(1) The State Government may, if they think fit, on the recommendation of a Market

Committee supported by two-thirds of its total number of members, remove any member

of such Committee elected or nominated under this Act if such member has, in the

opinion of the State Government, been guilty of neglect or misconduct in the discharge

of his duties or of any disgraceful conduct or has become incapable of performing his

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Provided that no resolution recommending the removal of any member shall be

passed by the Market Committee unless the member to whom it relates, has been given

a reasonable opportunity of showing cause why such recommendation should not be

made.

(2) The decision of the State Government under Sub-section (1) shall be final.

20. Supersession of Market Committee :– (1) If in the opinion of the State

Government a Market Committee is not competent to perform or persistently makes

default in performing the duties imposed upon it by or under this Act or abuses its

powers, the State Government may, by notification supersede such Market Committee.

Provided that before issuing a notification under this Sub-section the State

Government shall give a reasonable opportunity to the Market Committee for showing

cause why it should not be superseded and shall consider the explanation and objection,

if any, of the Market Committee.

(2) Upon the publication of notification under Sub-section (1) superseding a

Market Committee the following consequences shall ensue :

(i) All the members as well as the Chairman of the Market Committee shall,

as from the date of such publication, be deemed to have vacated their

offices;

(ii) The State Government may, at its discretion by order, either constitute a

new Market Committee under Section 6 or make such arrangements for

the carrying out of the functions of the Market Committee, as it may

think fit ; and

(iii) All the assets vesting in the Market Committee, shall, subject to all its

liabilities vest in the State Government for purposes of the Act.

1[21. Penalty :–  (1) Whoever–

(a) in contravention of Section 4 establishes a market or uses any place in

the market area for marketing of any agricultural produce or operates as

a trader, commission agent, broker, processor, weighman, measurer,

surveyor, warehouseman  or in any other capacity without a licence shall,

on conviction be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to six

months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with

both and in the case of continuing contravention with a further fine which

may in the case of contravention of Sub-section (3) of the siad section

extend to one hundred rupees and in any other case to fifty rupees per

day during which the contravention is continued after the first conviction;

(b) in contravention of Section 11 evades or tries to evade payment of market

fees of cess or obstructs any officer or servant of a Market Committee in

the exercise of his power of inspection and seizure under Section 12

shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend

to six months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or

with both ; and

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(c) makes of recovers any trade allowance other than an allowance prescribed

by rules or bye-laws made under this Act shall, on conviction, be

punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with

fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.

(2) Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act, or the rules or bye-laws

made thereunder, shall, if no other penalty is provided for the offence, on conviction,

be punishable with a fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.]

22. Trial of offences :– 1[(1) No offence under this Act or any rule or bye-laws

made thereunder, shall be tried by a Court other than, that of a Judicial Magistrate of

the list class or that of a Judicial Magistrate of the second class specially empowered in

this behalf.]

(2) Prosecution under this Act or any rule or bye-laws made thereunder, may be

instituted by any person duly authorised in writing' by the Market Committee, in this

behalf.

23. Bar of suit without notice :– No suit shall be instituted against any Market

Committee or any member, officer or employee thereof, any person acting under the

direction of any such Market Committee, member, officer or employee for anything

done or purporting to be done, in good faith as such member, officer or employee under

this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder until the expiration of two months next

after notice in writing stating the cause of action, the name and place of adobe or the

intending plaintiff and the relief which he claims, has been in the case of Market

Committee, delivered or left at its office, and in the case of any such member, officer,

employee or person as aforesaid, delivered to him or left at his office or usual place of

adobe, and the plaint shall contain a statement that such notice has been so delivered or

left.

(2) Every such suit shall be dismissed unless it is instituted within six months

from the date of the accrual of the alleged cause of action.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to apply to any suit instituted under

Section 54 of the Specific Relief Act, 1 of 1877.

224. Recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue :– Every sum due to a

Market Committee or the Board on account of any charges, costs, expenses, fees, rent

or any other account under the provisions of this Act or the rules or bye-laws made

thereunder and., every sum due from a Market Committee or the Board to the State

Government shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue].

25. Power of State Government to call for proceedings of Market Committee

and to pass orders thereon :– The State Government may at any time call for and

examine the proceedings of any Market Committee for the purpose of satisfying itself

as to the legality or property of any decision or order passed by the Committee. If from

the record of such proceedings it appears to the State Government that any such decision

or order should be modified, annulled or reversed, the State Government may pass

such orders thereon as they deem fit.

1. Substituted vide Act No. 27 of 1975, Orissa Gazette Ext./14.7.1975

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26. Amendment of Schedule :– The State Government may, by notification, add

to amend of cancel any of the items of agricultural produce specified in the Schedule.

27. Power to make rules :– (1) The State Government may, either generally or

specially for any market area or market areas, make rule for the purposes of giving

effect to the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power,

such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters :

(a) The election and nomination of member of the Market Committee the

manner of election, the preparation and revision of lists of voters from

time to time and the payment of all expenditure in connection with or

incidental to such election.

(b) The powers to be exercised and the duties to be performed by the Market

Committee and its Chairman;

(c) The term of office of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Market

Committee;

(d) The filling of casual vacancies in the office of the Chairman, Vice-

Chairman or Member of the Market Committee;

(e) The management of the market, maximum fees which may be levied by

the Market Committee in respect of agricultural produce in pursuance of

Section 11;

(f) The issue of licence to brokers, weighmen, measurers, surveyors,

warehousemen 1[* * *] and other persons operating in the market. The

form in which, and the conditions subject to which such licence shall be

issued or renewed and the fees to be charged therefore and the cancellation

of such licence;

(g) The procedure, manner and the authority to which appeal shall lie against

orders passed by the Market Committee under Sub-section (1) of Section

12;

(h) The kind and description of the weights and measures and the weighing

and measuring instruments which alone shall be used in transactions in

agricultural produce in a market area;

(i) The periodical inspection of all weights and measures and weighing and

measuring instruments in use in a market area;

(j) The manner of control and supervision to be exercised by the Market

Committee over Inspectors appointed under Section 15 of the Orissa

Weights and Measures Act, VII of 1943;

(k) The time within which an appeal shall lie to the State Government or the

officer appointed by it in that behalf under Sub-section (2) of Section 13;

(l) The trade allowance which may be made or received by any person in

any transaction in the agricultural produce in a market;

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(m) The provision of facilities for the settlement of any dispute between a

buyer and seller of agricultural produce or their agents including disputes

regarding the quality or weight of the article, the allowance wrapping,

containers, dirt or impurities or deductions from any cause;

(n) The prohibition of brokers from acting in any particular transaction on

behalf of both the buyer and seller of agricultural produce or as a buyer

or seller;

(o) The provision of accommodation for storing any agricultural produce

brought into the market;

(p) The preparation of plans and estimates for works proposed to be

constructed partly or, wholly at the expense of the Market Committee,

and the grant of sanction to such plans and estimates;

(q) The form in which the account of a Market Committee shall be kept, the

audit and publication of such accounts, the charges, if any, to be made

for such audit and the inspection of audit memoranda of the accounts

and supply of copies of such memoranda;

(r) The preparation and submission for sanction of the annual budget and

the report and returns to be furnished by a Market Committee;

(s) The investment and disposal of the surplus funds of a Market Committee;

(t) The regulation of advances, if any, given to agriculturists by brokers,

commission agents or traders;

(u) The prevention of adulteration of agricultural produce;

(v) The gracing and standardisation of the agricultural produce;

(w) The keeping of a list of price of agricultural produce in respect of which

the market is established;

(x) The manner in which auction of agricultural produce shall be conducted

and bids made and accepted in any market;

(y) The recovery and disposal of fees leviable by or under the Act ; and

(z) The manner of publication of notification under the provision of this Act

and all matters relating to such publication;

1[(z-1) Any matter which has to be or may be prescribed under the Act.]

(3) Any rules made under this Act may provide that any contravention thereof or

of any of the conditions of any licence issued or renewed thereunder shall, on conviction,

be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.

(4) The power to make rules conferred by this section is subject to the conditions

of the rules being made after previous publications.

(5) All rules made under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall,

unless some later date is appointed come into force on the date of such publication.

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(6) All rules made under this section shall be laid as soon as possible after they

are made before the Orissa Legislative Assembly for a total period of fourteen days,

which may comprise in one session  of in two or more sessions and shall be subject to

such modifications as the said Assembly may make during the said period.

1[28. Power to make bye-laws :– (1) Subject to any rules and regulations made

under this Act, and with the previous sanction of the Director or any other officer specially

empowered in this behalf by the State Government a Market Committee may, in respect

of the market crop for which it is constituted or any market established therein, make

bye-laws for the regulation of the business (including meeting, quorum and procedure)

of the Market Committee, and the conditions of trading in the market area including the

rates and manner of collection or refund of market fees or any other fees levied under

this Act.

(2) Where a Market Committee fails to make by laws under this section within

six months from the date on which the Orissa Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment)

Act, 1984 (Orissa Act 27 of 1984) comes into force or the date of its constitution,

whichever is later, the Director may make such bye-laws as he may think fit and bye-

laws so made shall remain in operation in relation to that Market Committee, until the

Market Committee makes its bye-laws duly approved by the Director.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules, regulations or

bye-laws made thereunder, if the Director considers that an amendment, alteration or

rescission of any provision of the bye-laws or adoption of any new bye-laws is necessary

or desirable in the interest of a Market Committee, he may, by an order in writing to be

served on the Market Committee, direct to make such amendment, alteration or rescission

of such provision or provisions or adoption of any new bye-laws within such time as

may be specified in such order.

(4) If the Market Committee fails to make the amendment, alteration or rescission

or to adopt the new bye-laws within the time specified by the Director in his order

under Sub-section (3), the Director may, after giving the Market Committee an

opportunity of being heard, register such amendment, alteration or rescission of the

bye-laws or the adoption of such new bye-laws, as the case may be, and issue a certified

copy thereof to the Market Committee.

(5) The Market Committee may, within thirty days from the date of issue of the

certified copy referred to in Sub-section (4), appeal against such order to the State

Government.

(6) Where an appeal is presented within the period specified in Sub-section (5),

the amendment, alteration or rescission of the bye-laws or the adoption of new buy-

laws shall not come into force till the order is confirmed by the State Government.

(7) A certified copy of the amendment, alteration, rescission or the new bye-

laws registered by the Director under Sub-section (4) shall, subject to the result of

appeal, if any, under Sub-section (6), be conclusive evidence that the same has been

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duly registered and such amendment, alteration, rescission or new bye-laws shall be

deemed to have been made by the Market Committee.

(8) Any bye-laws made under this Act may provide that any contravention thereof

shall, or conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.]

29. Delegation of powers by the State Government :– The State Government

may delegate to any of its officers any of the powers conferred on it by or under this

Act.

30. Repeal :– The Madras Commercial Crops Markets Act, XX of 1933, is

hereby repealed.

SCHEDULE

[See Section 2 (1) (i)]

I. Fibres - (1) Cotton (ginned and unginned) : (2) Sunhemp (3) Jute.

II. Cereais - (1) Wheat; (2) Paddy (husked and unhusked) (3) Jowar; (4)

Baira; (5) Maize ; (6) Ragi (Mandia) ; (7) Suan ;

III. Pulses - (1) Harad (Red gram) ; (2) Biri (Black gram) ; (3) Mung (Green

gram) ; (4) Kolthi (Horse gram) ; (5) Buta (Bengal gram) ; (6) Chana ;

(7) Khesari ; (8) Jhudang ; (9) Kandula (Hill gram).

IV. Oilseeds - (1) Groundnut (Shelled and unshelled); (2) Linseed; (3)

Sesamum ; (4) Niger (Tila) ; Mustard ; (6) Cocoanut, (7) Cotton seed;

(8) Castor seed.

V. Narcotics - Tobacco.

VI. Gur and Sugarcane.

VII. Fruits - (1) Mango ; (2) Orange ; (3) Lemon ; (4) Banana (5) Sapeta ; (6)

Melon ; (7) Jack Fruits ; (8) Papaya ; (9) Tamarind.

VIII. Vegetables - (1) Potato ; (2) Onion ; (3) Tomato ; (4) Saru (5) Leafy and

fresh vegetables; (6) Sweet potatoes.

IX. Animal Husbandry Products - (1) Eggs ; (2) Poultry ; (3) Cattle ; (4)

Sheep ; (5) Goat.

X. Fish.

XI. Condiments, spices and others - (1) Turmeric; (2) Ginger (3) Garlic ; (4)

Corrianders ; (5) Chillies (6) Betel leaves, (7) Cashewnuts.

XII. Gross and fodder.

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