Provided that no order of supersession shall be passed unless the Director has given a reasonable opportunity to the Market Committee of being heard in respect of the allegations made against it.

Consequence of supersession of Market Committee Upon publication of the notification superseding a Market Committee under Section 119, the following consequences shall ensue :

1. (i) The Chairman and all the Member of the Market Committee shall, as with effect from the date of publication of the notification, be deemed to have vacated their offices.
2. (ii) The State Government or the Director shall direct that the steps be taken for constitution of a new Market Committee under Section 17 and till such time as a new Market Committee under Section 17 is constituted as aforesaid, the Director shall make such arrangements for carrying out the functions of the Market Committee as it may deem fit for the period not exceeding six months and may, for that purpose, direct that all the functions, powers and duties of the Market Committee and its Chairman, under this Act, shall be performed, exercised and discharged by such person or authority as the Director may appoint in this behalf and such person or authority shall be deemed to be the Market Committee or Chairman, as the case may be.