Effect of division

Effect of splitting. (1) Upon the issuance of a notification under section 71 bifurcating any Mandi area into two or more Mandi areas, the following consequences shall ensue, namely: (ka) all such rules, byelaws and orders which were in force in the area of the original Mandi Committee immediately before the bifurcation of the Mandi area of such Mandi Committee under section 71 shall remain in force in the areas included in the new Mandi Committees until they are varied, amended or repealed in accordance with the provisions of this Act; (kha) all such powers and duties which are to be exercised or performed by various authorities under this Act shall, until the Mandi Committee for each of the new Mandi areas is constituted, be exercised and performed by the Collector or such other officer as the State Government may direct by notification; (ga) all property vested in the original Mandi Committee shall, subject to any orders of the State Government, be held and disposed of by the Collector or such other officer for the purposes of the areas of the newly constituted Mandi Committee; and (gha) until the Mandi Committees are constituted, the Collector or such other officer shall be deemed to be the representative of the original Mandi Committee for the purposes of filing suits by the original Mandi Committee or filing suits against it, or for continuing such pending suits or proceedings which were filed by or against the said original Mandi Committee. (2) On the day the Mandi Committees are constituted in the new Mandi areas, the Collector shall entrust the administration to the Mandi Committee of each such Mandi area in relation to the area under its jurisdiction.