Amendment of Act 16 of 1966

In the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966:-

1. (1) for sections 5 and 6, the following sections shall be substituted, namely :- "5.
2. (1) Every Market Committee shall consist of,-
   • (i) the President of the Mandala Karshaka Parishad constituted under section 11 of the Andhra Pradesh Rashtra Karshaka Parishad and Allied Bodies Act, 1987, who shall be the Chairman ;
   • (ii) the members of the Executive Committee of the Mandala Karshaka Parishad referred to in Clause
   • (i) ;
   • (iii) such number of traders not exceeding two, belonging to such categories as may be specified by Government in this behalf."
3. (2) in section 15 after clause (xii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :- "(xii-a) for the purposes of the Andhra Pradesh Rashtra Karshaka Parishad and Allied Bodies Act, 1987."
4. (3) in section 16 of sub-section (1), the following proviso shall be added, namely :- " Provided that it shall be competent for the Director of Maketing to grant postponement of the payment of contribution or reduction or remission thereof in respect of any newly constituted market committee upto a period of three years from the date of its constitution."
5. (4) After section 32, the following section shall be inserted, namely :- "32-A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, in respect of the markets in the notified Market area within the limits of any local area or city for which a Municipality or, as the case may be, a Municipal Corporation is constituted and the population of growers of agricultural produce within the Mandal Comprised or falling in such local area or city is comparatively less, it shall be lawful for the competent authority,-
   • (a) to determine in the manner prescribed the composition of the market committee of such market; and
   • (b) the manner in which its income and expenditure should be shared among the Mandala Karshaka Parishad situate in such local area or city whose members conduct their marketing operation in such notified Market area : Provided that the Government shall have the power to nominate the chairman and Members of such Committee under this section."
6. (5) in section 33, in sub-section
7. (2) clause (i),
   • (ii) and
   • (iii) shall be omitted.