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The Jharkhand State Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2022

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The Jharkhand State Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2022, establishes a comprehensive framework for regulating the trade of agricultural produce and livestock within the state. It aims to create a unified, efficient market system by authorizing the creation of various market yards, including principal, sub-market, private, and farmer-consumer yards. The Act governs the licensing of traders, commission agents, and electronic trading platforms to ensure transparency and fair competition. For the ordinary citizen, particularly farmers, this legislation provides structured, accessible avenues to sell produce, promotes better infrastructure, and aims to improve price realization through regulated market operations.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent, and commencement
  2. 2Definition

Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF MARKETS →

  1. 3Notification of intention of regulating marketing of specified agricultural produce and livestock
  2. 4Declaration of whole State of Jharkhand as one unified market area
  3. 5Notification of delineated market area
  4. 6Alteration/ Amalgamation of delineated market area and of items of agricultural produce and livestock
  5. 7Principal market yard, sub-market yard, market sub-yard, private market yard, private market sub-yard, farmer-consumer market yard, private farmer-consumer market and electronic trading platform
  6. 8Establishment and notification of “Special Commodity Market yard”
  7. 9Establishment and notification of “Market yard of National Importance (MNI)”
  8. 10Establishment of private market yard
  9. 11Establishment of farmer-consumer market yard (direct sale of agricultural produce by farmer to consumer in retail)
  10. 12Declaring warehouse/silos/cold storage or other such structure or place as market sub-yard
  11. 13Direct marketing (Wholesale direct purchase from farmers outside the market yard, sub-market yard, private market yard)

Chapter III CONSTITUTION OF MARKET COMMITTEE →

  1. 14Establishment of Market Committee and its incorporation
  2. 15Vesting of property of Local Authority in Market Committee
  3. 16Acquisition of land for Market Committee and /or Board
  4. 17Constitution of the first Market Committee
  5. 18Constitution of the second and subsequent Market Committee
  6. 19Division of delineated market area for constituencies and reservation of seat
  7. 20Qualification to vote and be the representative of agriculturist
  8. 21Provision for election
  9. 22Superintendence, direction and control of elections
  10. 23Nomination of Chairperson and Election of Vice-Chairperson
  11. 24Term of the office of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Members
  12. 25Commencement of terms of office of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Members
  13. 26Resignation of Members
  14. 27Resignation by Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson and vacancy in their office
  15. 28Removal of the Chairperson and No confidence motion against Vice-Chairperson
  16. 29Leave of absence to Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson and consequences of absence without leave
  17. 30Refusal to hand over the charge to new Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson
  18. 32As a verbatim transcription scribe, I am unable to transcribe section 31 from the provided text.
  19. 33Appointment and functions of Secretary of the Market Committee of MNI
  20. 34Executive Committee of MNI
  21. 35Term of office of Members of the Executive Committee of MNI
  22. 36Other provision of this Act also to apply to Market yard of National Importance

Chapter IV Chapter IV →

  1. 37Powers and duties of Chairperson
  2. 38Powers and duties of Vice –Chairperson
  3. 39Meeting etc. of the Market Committee
  4. 40Quorum and procedure at meeting
  5. 41Powers and duties of the Market Committee
  6. 45Power to write off irrecoverable fee etc
  7. 46Power to remove encroachment on market yard
  8. 47Use of weighing instruments, weight and measure, their inspection
  9. 48Mode of making contract
  10. 49Act of Market Committee etc. not to be invalidated

Chapter V STAFF OF MARKET COMMITTEE →

  1. 50Secretary of Market Committee
  2. 51Powers, functions and duties of the Secretary
  3. 52Appointment of Accountant
  4. 53Appointment of staff by the Market Committee

Chapter VI E-TRADING →

  1. 54Establishment/Promotion of electronic trading platform
  2. 55Grant/ Renewal of licence to establish electronic trading platform
  3. 56Integration of warehouses/silos/ cold storages or other such structure or space, declared as market sub-yard to e-platform
  4. 57Integration of private market
  5. 58Interoperability of e-trading platforms
  6. 59Payment to the sellers and maintenance of accounts
  7. 60Suspension or Cancellation of licence of electronic trading platform
  8. 61Dispute settlement- (i)between/ among licensees under Section 55(1); and (ii) between/ among licensee and APMC
  9. 62Dispute settlement with regard to intra-State trade –transaction
  10. 63Dispute settlement with regard to Inter-State trade transaction

Chapter VII REGULATION OF TRADING →

  1. 64Sale-transaction of notified agricultural produce
  2. 65Terms and procedure of buying and selling
  3. 66Levy of market fee (single point levy of market fee)
  4. 68The text provided includes the table of sections (listing Section 67) but terminates after Section 18 under Charter III.
  5. 70Grant /Renewal of unified single trading licence
  6. 72Therefore, the content of Section 71 is not present in the supplied document.
  7. 73Grant /Renewal of licence for private market yard, farmer- consumer market yard and market sub-yard
  8. 74Suspension or Cancellation of licence granted /renewed under Section 73
  9. 75Grant/ Renewal of licence for direct marketing
  10. 76Suspension or Cancellation of direct marketing licence
  11. 77Dispute settlement- (i)between/ among licensees (ii) between/ among licensee and APMC
  12. 78Appeal

Chapter VIII BUDGET AND MARKET COMMITTEE FUND →

    Chapter IX CONSTITUTION OF JHARKHAND STATE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD →

    1. 89Term of office of non-official Members of the Board
    2. 90Term of office of official Members
    3. 91Allowances for Members of the Board
    4. 92Filling of casual vacancies
    5. 93Resignation of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Members
    6. 94Disqualification of Members of the Board
    7. 95Appointment of sub-committee
    8. 96Superintendence of the Board
    9. 97Functions and powers of the Board
    10. 98Regulation
    11. 99Marketing Development Fund
    12. 100Payment made by the Board
    13. 101Contribution to 'Marketing Development Fund'
    14. 102Borrowing by issuing bonds or stocks
    15. 103Use of Marketing Development Fund maintained by the Board
    16. 104Audit of accounts of the Board
    17. 105Delegation of powers
    18. 106Supervision and control of Chairperson/Chief Executive
    19. 107Functions and powers of Managing Director
    20. 108Conduct of business of the Board
    21. 109Powers of Chairperson of the Board

    Chapter X APPOINTMENT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR →

    1. 110Appointment of Director of Agricultural Marketing
    2. 111Powers and functions of Director of Agricultural Marketing
    3. 112Revolving Marketing Development Fund
    4. 113Office and staff of Director of Agricultural Marketing

    Chapter XI PENALTY →

    1. 114Penalty for contravention of Act, Rules and Bye-laws
    2. 115Recovery of market dues
    3. 116Cognizance of offences

    Chapter XII CONTROL →

    1. 117Inspection, inquiry, submission of report etc
    2. 118Powers of Director to remove Vice-Chairperson or Member of Market Committee
    3. 119Supersession of Market Committee
    4. 120Consequences of supersession of Market Committee
    5. 121Supersession of Board
    6. 122Consequences of supersession of Board
    7. 123Power of Director to order for amendment in Market Committee Bye-laws
    8. 124Power of Managing Director to stop execution or further execution of resolution or order passed by Market Committee
    9. 125Power to call for proceedings of Market Committee and Managing Director/Director
    10. 126Liability of Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Members and staff for loss, waste or misappropriation etc
    11. 127Power of Government/Administration to amend the schedule
    12. 128Power of Government/Administration to give direction
    13. 129Recovery of dues of Board/Market Committee
    14. 130Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Members, Officers and servants etc. of Market Committee and Board to be public servant
    15. 131Delegation of power by Government/Administration
    16. 132Bar of Civil suit and protection of persons acting in good faith
    17. 133Bar to suit in absence of notice
    18. 134Duty of local authority to provide information and assistance
    19. 135Act not to be invalidated by informality, vacancy etc

    Chapter XIII RULES AND BYE-LAWS →

    1. 136Power to make Rules
    2. 137Power to make Bye-laws

    Chapter XIV REPEAL AND SAVING →

    1. 138Repeal and savings
    2. 139Power to remove difficulties

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