section 59
Rules.
The Gujarat Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1963Chapter IX Chapter IX
(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules, either generally or specially for any market area or market areas for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, such rules may provide for or regulate— (i) the preparation and revision of list of voters for the purpose of any election under section 11, determination of disputes arising in such election and payment of expenditure in connection with or incidental to such election; (ii) the periodical inspection of all weights and measures and the weighing and measuring instruments in use in a market area; (iii) the manner of control and supervision to be exercised by the market committee over Inspectors appointed under section 15 of the Bombay Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958; (iv) 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 allowances for wrappings, containers, dirt or impurities or deductions for any cause; (iv-a) the manner of election of members of the Board under clause (a) of sub-section (2)of section 34 A; (iv-b) the allowances and fees to be paid to a member of the Board under sub-section (2) of section 340; (iv-c) the conditions of appointment and service and pay-scale of the Managing Director under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 341; (iv-d) the forms in which accounts shall be maintained under clause (ix) of section 34 J; (iv-e) the percentage of the income of market committees at which the market Committees shall pay contribution to Development Fund under sub-section (2) of section 34M; (iv-f) the auditors by whom and the audit fees on payment of which accounts of the Board shall be audited annually under sub-section (2) of section 34P; (iv-g) the delegation of powers and duties by the Board under section 34Q; (iv-h) the manner in which inquiries into all or any of the activities of the Board shall be made under sub-section (2) of section 348; (v) 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; (vi) any other matter which is expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed by rules (3) Any rule made under this Act may provide that any contravention thereof or any of the conditions of any licence issued or renewed thereunder shall, on conviction, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or both. (4) The power to make rules conferred by this section is subject to the condition of the rules being, made after previous publication. (5) All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State Legislature as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subject to rescission by the Legislature or to such modifications as the Legislature may make during the session in which they are so laid, or the session immediately following. (6) Any rescission or modifications so made fey the Legislature shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall thereupon take effect.
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