Power to make rules

(1) The State Government may, after previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing powers, such rules may provide for the following: (i) [Deleted]; (i-a) other modes of publication of notification under section 3(1); (ii) (ka) qualifications which shall be under section 11(1)(kha) for the representatives of farmers; (kha) qualifications which shall be under section 11(1)(ga) for the representatives of traders; (ga) the authority that shall conduct the elections under section 11(3), determination of constituencies, preparation and maintenance of voter list, disqualifications for being elected as a member or being a member, right to vote, payment and forfeiture of deposit, election offences, determination of election-related disputes and all matters incidental thereto; (iii) powers to be exercised and duties to be performed by the Mandi Committee and its Chairman and Vice-Chairman; (iv) election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Mandi Committee; (iv-a) procedure for meetings of the Mandi Committee under section 15 and quorum; (iv-b) [Deleted]; (v) management of the Mandi, procedure for recovery of Mandi fee, fine for evasion of Mandi fee and manner of determination of Mandi fee in case of default in submitting returns; (vi) classification of Mandi functionaries for grant of licenses, regulation of licenses under this Act, persons who are required to take licenses, forms in which and the terms and conditions subject to which such licenses shall be issued or renewed; (vii) provision for persons by whom and the form in which copies of documents and entries in the books of the Mandi Committee may be certified and the charges to be levied for the supply of such copies; (viii) types and specifications of weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments to be used in the Mandi yard in transactions of notified agricultural produce; (ix) periodic inspection of all weights and measures and weighing and measuring instruments being used in the Mandi yard; (x) trade allowances that may be given or received by any person in any transaction of notified agricultural produce in the Mandi yard; (xi) facilities for settlement by arbitration, conciliation or otherwise of any dispute between any buyer and seller of notified agricultural produce or their agents, including disputes relating to quality or weight of goods, payment for goods sold and deductions made for containers, bags, dirt or impurities or deductions made for any other reason; (xii) provision for space for storage of any agricultural produce brought to the Mandi; (xiii) preparation of designs and estimates for construction works proposed to be built partly or fully at the expense of the Mandi Committee and grant of approval for such designs and estimates; (xiv) the form in which the accounts of the Mandi Committee shall be maintained, audit and publication of such audit and inspection of audit memos of accounts and supply of such memos; (xv) preparation of annual budget and submission of the same for approval and reports and returns to be given by the Mandi Committee; (xvi) time during which and the manner in which any trader or broker or commission agent shall give such returns to the Mandi Committee as may be required by it; (xvii) regulation of advances made by brokers or commission agents or traders to farmers, if any; (xviii) grading and standardization of agricultural produce; (xix) recording of arrival of agricultural produce and its average prices; (xx) manner in which auction of agricultural produce shall be conducted in the Mandi and bids shall be made and accepted; (xxi) recovery of fee leviable by or under this Act and its expenditure; (xxii) compounding of offences under this Act or rules or byelaws made thereunder and fixing of compensation for the same; (xxiii) [Deleted]; (xxiv) [Deleted]; (xxv) limit of expenditure that may be incurred on welcoming special guests; (xxvi) limits of honorarium of the Chairman, traveling allowances of members or meeting fees payable to members for attending meetings; (xxvii) manner of disposal of surplus in the Mandi Committee Fund and Madhya Pradesh State Marketing Development Fund; (xxviii) procedure for drafting, amending or repealing byelaws and for their prior and final publication; (xxix) classification of Mandi Committees on the basis of annual income for all or any of the purposes of this Act; (xxx) term of office of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and members of the Board; (xxxi) powers to be exercised by the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board.