Establishment of markets

As soon as may be after the issue of the notification under sub-section (2) of section 6 and the making of the first bye-laws under section 149, the

2[Director of Agricultural Marketing] shall, after satisfying himself that the market committee has made arrangements for regulating the marketing of notified agricultural produce in the market area by a notification, declare a date not less than thirty days from the date of issue of the notification as the date on which the market and the sub-markets, if any, shall be established. For all purposes of this Act, the market and the sub-markets, if any, shall be deemed to have been established for the market area with effect from the date so notified:

1[Provided that in the case of a market or sub-market notified under sub-section (2A) of section 6, the market or sub-market shall be deemed to be established on the date of the notification of the

1[Director of Agricultural Marketing] .]

¹ Inserted by Act 19 of 1969 w.e.f. 1.5.1968.

² Substituted by Act 35 of 1986 w.e.f. 17.6.1986.