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The Gujarat Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1963

The Gujarat Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1963

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The Gujarat Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1963 establishes a legal framework to regulate the buying and selling of agricultural produce across Gujarat. It applies to farmers, traders, commission agents, brokers, and market intermediaries operating within designated market areas. The law mandates the creation of market committees and a state-level marketing board to manage physical market yards, issue operating licenses, standardize weights and measures, prevent adulteration, and prohibit unauthorized trade allowances. By structuring market operations and providing dispute resolution mechanisms, the Act aims to ensure fair pricing and trading practices, protect farmers from exploitation by middlemen, and promote efficient agricultural marketing throughout the state.

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Chapter I Chapter I →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2Definitions.
  3. 3Determination of whether persons is agriculturist

Chapter II Chapter II →

  1. 4Director and other officers.

Chapter III Chapter III →

  1. 5Declaration of intension of regulating purchase and sale of agricultural produce in specified area.
  2. 6Declaration of market areas.
  3. 7Declaration of market, market yard and market proper.
  4. 8Operation in market under Licence.
  5. 9Establishment of market committee or committees.

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 10Incorporation of market committee
  2. 11Nomination of members to market committee (partial section content from page 13)
  3. 12Resignation of members
  4. 13Liability of members of market committee to removal from office
  5. 14Disabilities from continuing member
  6. 15Filling up of vacancies
  7. 16Vacancy or defect in constitution not to affect proceedings of market committee
  8. 17Chairman and Vice-Chairman of market committee
  9. 18Conduct of business of market committee
  10. 19Execution of contracts
  11. 20Budget estimate
  12. 21Accounts audit, annual report
  13. 22Appointment of servants of market committee and conditions of service
  14. 23Powers and duties of market committee
  15. 24Provisions for performance of duties of common nature where more than one committee exists
  16. 25Appointment of sub-committee and delegation of powers.
  17. 26Duties of market committees.
  18. 27Licences, their issue, renewal, suspension, or cancellation etc. and appeals against refusal, suspension etc. of licence.
  19. 28Power to levy fees.
  20. 29Power of entry and search.
  21. 30Power to remove unauthorised persons from market.
  22. 31Certain differences regarding construction of rules etc. about weights and measures and other disputes to be decided by market committee.

Chapter V Chapter V →

  1. 32Market Committee Fund.
  2. 33Parposes for which the fund shall be expended.

Chapter V-A THE GUJARAT STAT E AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD. →

  1. 34Establishment of State Agricultural Marketing Board.
  2. 34AConstitution of Board.
  3. 34BDisqualification for election on Board.
  4. 34CTerm of office and conditions of service of members.
  5. 34DMeetings of Board.
  6. 34ECessation of membership.
  7. 34FVacancies how to be filled.
  8. 34GTemporary absence of chairman.
  9. 34HProceedings presumed to be good and valid.
  10. 34KPower and duties of Managing Director.
  11. 34LEstablishment and administration of State Agricultural Marketing Development Fund.
  12. 34MContributions to be paid to Board.
  13. 34NPower of Board to borrow.
  14. 34PAudit of account.
  15. 34QDelegation of powers
  16. 34RAppointment of committees
  17. 34SPower of State Government to hold inquiry
  18. 34TLiability of Chairman, other members, officers and servants of Board for loss, waste or misapplication of funds
  19. 34USupersession of Board for default

Chapter VI TRADE ALLOWANCE. →

  1. 35No trade allowance permissible except as prescribed

Chapter VII Chapter VII →

  1. 36Penalty for contravention of section 6 or 8
  2. 37Penalty for making or recovering unauthorised trade allowance
  3. 38Payment of amount of fines to market committee
  4. 39Penalty for failure to furnish information etc.
  5. 40Offences by companies
  6. 41Trial of offences
  7. 42Previous sanction necessary for prosecution
  8. 43Powers and duties of police officer

Chapter VIII Chapter VIII →

  1. 44Power of Director to provide for performance of duties in default of market committee.
  2. 45Power of Director to provide for performance of duties in default of market committee.
  3. 46Supersession of market committee.
  4. 46APowers and duties of market committee not validly constituted to be
  5. 47Power of Director to call for proceedings etc.
  6. 48Powers of State Government to call for proceedings of market committee and to pass orders thereon.

Chapter IX Chapter IX →

  1. 49Acquisition of land for purposes of this Act.
  2. 50Members to be hold responsible for misapplied funds.
  3. 51Recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue.
  4. 52Power to denotify or divide market area.
  5. 53Effect of denotification or exclusion of market area.
  6. 54Power of State Government to dissolve and constitute market committee on alterationt of limits of market.
  7. 55Vesting of property etc., of disolved market committee in new market committee.
  8. 56Admissibility of copy of entry as evidence.
  9. 57Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Members, Secretaries, and servants of market committee to be public servants.
  10. 58Bar of suit in absence of notice.
  11. 59Rules.
  12. 59ARegulations.
  13. 60Bye-laws.
  14. 61Power to direct making of bye-laws.
  15. 62Power of State Government to amend Schedule.
  16. 63Provisions of certain laws not to apply.
  17. 64Repeal and saving.

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