Amendment of section 7, Central Act No. 20 of 2020.

For the existing section 7 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "7. Farming produce liable to fee/cess/cesses/charges.-

1. (1) Where a farming agreement has been entered into in respect of any farming produce under this Act, such produce shall be liable to the fee/cess/cesses/charges payable under the APMC Act and such fees/cess/cesses/charges shall be utilized for the welfare of farmers and development of market infrastructure: Provided that the fees/cess/cesses/charges shall be payable by the sponsor and its burden shall not be transferred on the farmer.
2. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 (Central Act No. 10 of 1955) or in any Control Order issued thereunder or in any other law for the time being in force, the State Government shall, by an order, be entitled to enforce the stock limit in respect of any agricultural produce where there is shortage of such agricultural produce in the State or the prices of such produce go beyond twenty five percent of the maximum price which was prevailing in the market within two years immediately before passing of the order by the State Government." The existing section 14 of the principal Act shall be deleted.