Validation of the collection of certain amounts as market fees and of the licences issued

Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act or in the Rajasthan Agricultural Produce Markets Rules, 1963 hereinafter referred to as the said Rules, or in any judgment, decree, order or direction of any court and notwithstanding any defect or want of jurisdiction or statutory power or authority or any error or omission in exercise thereof, it is hereby declared that- (1) the amount collected by any market committee as market fees from the licensees on the agricultural produce bought or sold by them in any market or market area, on or after 14th day of July, 1973 shall be deemed always to have been validly levied and collected in accordance with law for all intents and purposes of the principal Act and the levy or collection of such amount shall not be called in question in any court nor any claim whatsoever for its refund shall arise nor shall be deemed ever to have arisen on the ground that- (a) the date from which the Government Notification No. F. 13(5) Agri-II/73, dated 14.7.1973 for specification of market fees @ Re. 1/-per rupees one hundred worth of agricultural produce shall be effective was not mentioned; (b) the provisions of the principal Act and of the rules and bye-laws made thereunder for the levy and collection of the said amount have not been observed. (2) Rules 58,59,69 and 72 of the said Rules shall as from 14th July, 1973 be deemed to have been validly made as if- (a) for the word "market" wherever occurring in rules 58, 59, 69(3), 69(4), 72(1), 72(3), (iv), 72(4) and 72(6) of the said rules, the words "market area" were substituted; (b) in sub-rule (1) of rule 58- (i) the words "levy and" were deleted; and (ii) for the words "in the bye-laws.........agricutural produce" the words "by the Government by way of notification", were substituted; (3) In forms V, VIl and VIIl annexed to the said Rules, for the word "market wherever occurring, the words "market area" shall as from 14th July, 1973 be deemed to have been validly substituted; and (4) Government Notification No. F. 10(5) Agri-ll/73, dated 14-7-1973 shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the date of its publication irrespective of the fact that the date from which the notification was to be made effective was not mentioned in it. And for removal of doubt it is hereby declared that the said Rules, forms and notification shall as from the said date be construed, accordingly:- Provided that nothing in this section shall render any person liable to be convicted of any offence in respect of any act committed by him before the commencement of this Act as if such act was not an offence under the principal Act at such commencement but for the provisions of this section.