Power to make bye-laws

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, a Mandi Committee may, in respect of the Mandi area under its management, make bye-laws for the following: (i) Regulation of its business; (ii) Terms and conditions of trade in the Mandi; (iii) Delegation of powers, duties and functions to officers and servants, their appointment, pay, punishment, pension, gratuity, leave, leave allowance, subscription to any provident fund established for the benefit of such officers and servants and other conditions of service; (iv) Delegation of powers, duties and functions to any sub-committee, if any; (v) Such Mandi functionaries as may be required to take license; (vi) Any other matter for which bye-laws are to be made under this Act or in respect of which it may be necessary that bye-laws be framed for the effective implementation of the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder in the Mandi area. (2) No bye-law made under sub-section (1) shall be effective until it has been confirmed by the Managing Director. (3) In making any bye-law, the Mandi Committee may direct that a breach (thereof) shall be punishable with a fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, and where the breach is a continuing breach, it shall be punishable with such further fine which may extend to five hundred rupees for every such day after the first breach during which the breach is proved to continue.