Amendment of section 13, Central Act No. 20 of 2020.

For the existing section 13 of the principal Act, the following shall be substituted, namely:- "13. Dispute settlement.-

1. (1) If any dispute arises between the parties in respect of the provisions of the agreement, either of the parties may submit an application to the market committee to determine the disputes. The market committee shall resolve the disputes after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
2. (2) The party aggrieved by the decision of the market committee under sub-section
3. (1) may prefer an appeal to the Director within thirty days from the date of decision. The Director shall dispose off the appeal after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard and the decision of Director shall be final.
4. (3) The decision of the market committee under sub-section
5. (1) and decision in appeal under sub-section
6. (2) shall have force of the decree of a civil court and shall be enforceable as such and decreetal amount shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue.
7. (4) Disputes relating to, and arising out of, contract farming agreement shall be settled in accordance with the provisions made hereinabove.
8. (5) Both parties shall abide by all the provisions of the APMC Act and rules made thereunder and directions issued in this regard by the State Government, from time to time.
9. (6) Where under a farming agreement, sponsor undertakes the farming by deploying his/its manpower, the sponsor shall be liable to remove his manpower from the agriculture farm/field from the next date of termination of the farming agreement and in the event of manpower of the sponsor continuing in the agricultural farm/field, the sponsor shall be liable to pay damages to the farmer to the tune of such amount as may be notified by the State Government from time to time which shall not be less than one thousand rupees per bigha per day. While deciding the dispute, the Market Committee shall direct the sponsor to remove his/its manpower from the agriculture farm/field and for putting the farmer back to possession, it shall be entitled to take aid of the police. Whenever such requisition is sent, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Police of the concerned District to make available the police help within twenty four hours of receipt of the requisition."