Submission of annual account by licensee/registered functionaries and assessment of market fee

(1) Every trader, processor, proprietor of a private yard, proprietor of consumer/farmer market or commission agent connected with the business of notified agricultural produce shall before the 30th June of every year submit to the Secretary of the Marketing Board, a statement of transactions undertaken by or through him during the previous financial year ending on 31st March in the prescribed manner.

1. (2) The Secretary of the Marketing Board shall accept or reject the statement submitted to him under sub-section (1) after necessary examination and verification on the basis of information available in the Marketing Board and shall assess the balance amount payable by the functionary and levy the assessed amount.
2. (3) Any person aggrieved by the proceedings of the Secretary, may within 30 days from the date of receipt of notice by him, appeal to the Marketing Board.
3. (4) An officer authorized by the Government may, on his own motion or on an application made to the Government, start the process of re-verification of the statement which was verified by the Secretary, within two years from the date of verification made by the Secretary and for this purpose such officer shall exercise the powers under section 36 of this Act.
4. (5) The re-verification made by the Officer authorized by the Government, shall be final.