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The Haryana Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961

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The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 regulates the purchase, sale, storage, and processing of notified agricultural produce across notified market areas in Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, and specified Himachal Pradesh territories. It establishes a structured state-level Agricultural Marketing Board and local Market Committees to setup organized market yards, grant commercial licenses, prevent unauthorized trade deductions, and enforce fair commercial transactions. The Act protects agricultural producers by ensuring transparent pricing, standardizing weights and measures, prohibiting custom-based trade allowances, and providing a framework for contract farming agreements that protects farmland ownership. For ordinary citizens and consumers, it maintains structured wholesale supply chains, transparent market fees, and standardized trade operations across regional agricultural markets.

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  1. 1. Short title extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 2A. Construction of certain references in the Act
  4. 3. State Agricultural Marketing Board constitution, powers and duties
  5. 3A. Execution of contracts by Board
  6. 5. Notification of intention of exercising control over purchase, sale, storage and processing of agricultural produce in specified area
  7. 6. Declaration of notified market area
  8. 6A. Notification of intention to alter limits of or to amalgamate or to split up markets areas
  9. 6B. Procedure subsequent to notification under section 6A
  10. 6C. Power of State Government to issue consequential order with respect to constitution, etc. of Committee on alteration of limits, amalgamation or spliting up
  11. 6D. Effect of alteration of limits
  12. 6E. Effect of amalgamation
  13. 6F. Effect of splitting up.
  14. 6G. Apportionment of assets and liabilities of Committee split up.
  15. 6H. Suits by or against new Committee.
  16. 6I. Saving as to existing employees of Committees or Committees amalgamated or split up.
  17. 7. Declaration of market yards.
  18. 7A. Vacancy in Board
  19. 8. Control of sale and purchase of agricultural produce.
  20. 8A. Procedure and form of contract farming agreement.
  21. 9. Authority to whom applications for grant of licences are to be made
  22. 10. Application for licences fees to be paid and cancellation or suspension of licences.
  23. 11. Establishment of market Committee.
  24. 12. Constitution of Committees.
  25. 13. Duties and Power of Committee.
  26. 14. Term of office of members.
  27. 16. Nomination of Chairman and vice-Chairman.
  28. 17. Filling of vacancies.
  29. 18. Incorporation of Committees
  30. 19. Appointment of sub-committees and joint committee and delegation of powers
  31. 20. Constitution of Marketing Service
  32. 20A. Appointment of class IV employees
  33. 21. Persons who are to be deemed Public Servants within the meaning of section 21 of Indian penal Code
  34. 22. Execution of Contracts
  35. 23. Levy of fees
  36. 23A. Passing on burden of fee
  37. 24. Octroi not payable on certain agricultural produce
  38. 25. Marketing Development Fund
  39. 26. Purposes for which the Marketing Development Fund may be expended
  40. 27. Market Committee Fund
  41. 28. Purposes for which the market Committee Funds may be expended
  42. 29. Liability of member of Committees or the Bord
  43. 30. No Trade Allowance permissible except as prescribed
  44. 31. Bar of suit in absence of notice
  45. 32. Power to borrow
  46. 33. Power to call information, inspect, enforce attendance and to suspend actions, etc., of Committees
  47. 33A. Power to order production of accounts and power of entry, inspection and seizure
  48. 33B. Power to stop vehicles
  49. 33C. Duties of Police Officer
  50. 34. Acquisition of land for the Board and Committees
  51. 35. Supersession of Committees
  52. 36. Emergency powers.
  53. 37. Penalties
  54. 38. Power of State Government to amend the Schedule.
  55. 39. Trial of offences.
  56. 40. Appeal, revision and review-.
  57. 40A. Supply of copy of order
  58. 41. Recovery of Sums due to State government from Committee.
  59. 42. Bar of certain proceedings
  60. 43. Power to make Rules
  61. 44. Bye-Laws
  62. 45. Power to write off irrecoverable fees etc.
  63. 46. Interest
  64. 46A. Vesting of properties of Mandi Township etc.
  65. 47. Repeal and Savings
  66. Validation. Validation
  67. Schedule. THE SCHEDULE

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