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The ODISHA AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETS ACT, 1956

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The Odisha Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1956, is a regulatory framework designed to protect farmers from exploitation by middlemen and unfair trading practices. It empowers the State Government to declare specific regions as "market areas" where the sale and purchase of notified agricultural produce are strictly regulated. The Act mandates the establishment of Market Committees to oversee these transactions, issue licenses to traders, ensure the use of standard weights and measures, and collect market fees to fund infrastructure. By creating a transparent, democratic, and supervised marketplace, the law aims to ensure that cultivators receive a fair price for their produce.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent, and commencement
  3. 2. Definitions
  4. 3. Notification of intension of exercising control over purchase and sale of agricultural produce :
  5. 4. Declaration of market area
  6. 5. Establishment of Market Committee
  7. 6. Constitution of Market Committee
  8. 7. Incorporation of market committee
  9. 8. Appointment of Sub-Committee or Joint Committee
  10. 9. Employment of staff
  11. 10. Execution of contract :
  12. 11. Levy of fees
  13. 12. Power of search, seizure and inspection etc.:
  14. 13. Decision of certain disputes under the Orissa Weights and Measures Act, 1943 :
  15. 14. Power to borrow
  16. 15. Market Committee Fund
  17. 16. Expenditure from the Market Committee Fund
  18. 17. Acquisition of land
  19. 18. No trade allowance permissible except as prescribed
  20. 19. Liability of member of Market Committee to removal from office :
  21. 21. Penalty
  22. 22. Trial of offences
  23. 23. Bar of suit without notice
  24. 24. Recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue
  25. 25. Power of State Government to call for proceedings of Market Committee and to pass orders thereon
  26. 26. Amendment of Schedule
  27. 27. Power to make rules
  28. 28. Power to make bye-laws :
  29. 29. Delegation of powers by the State Government
  30. 30. Repeal
  31. Schedule. Schedule [See Section 2 (1) (i)]

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