The Sikkim Agriculture Produce Market Act, 1993
The Sikkim Agriculture Produce Market Act, 1993
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This Act establishes the Sikkim State Agricultural Marketing Board to regulate and coordinate the trade of agricultural produce across the whole state. It applies to farmers, traders, brokers, and co-operative societies involved in growing, buying, or selling agricultural goods. By defining legal market areas and yards, setting up market committees, and prescribing licensing requirements, the legislation aims to create organized infrastructure for commerce. This matters because it seeks to balance the interests of farmers and traders, ensure fair prices, prevent malpractices like adulteration, and streamline the supply chain for essential food products in Sikkim.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Constitution of the Board
- 4. Incorporation of the Board
- 5. Disqualification for membership in the Board
- 6. Superintendence of the Board
- 7. Appointment of Officers and Staffs of the Board
- 8. Power to borrow and maintenance of funds and accounts of the Board
- 9. Annual financial Statement
- 10. Declaration of market area
- 11. Declaration of market yard
- 12. Establishment of market committee
- 13. Constitution of market committee
- 14. Powers and functions of the president
- 15. Calling of meetings and quorum
- 16. Functions of Market committee
- 17. Powers of the market committee
- 18. Duties of the market committee
- 19. Appointment of sub-committee and joint committee
- 20. Appointment of secretary and other officer and staff
- 21. Execution of contract
- 22. Power to levy fee
- 23. Market committee funds
- 25. Purposes for which market committee fund shall be expended
- 26. Contribution to the Board
- 27. Power to borrow
- 28. Acquisition of land for the purpose of this Act
- 29. No trade allowance permissible except as prescribed
- 30. Members of the market committee
- 31. Members to be held responsible for mis-application of fund
- 32. Power to inspect
- 33. Duty to furnish information to the State Government or other authorised officer
- 34. Power of the Board in emergency.
- 35. Recovery of loss
- 36. Supersession of market committee
- 37. Consequences following supersession or dissolution.
- 38. Penalty for contravention of section 10.
- 39. Eviction of encroacher of market yards.
- 40. Penalty for contravention of section 31.
- 41. Penalty for contravention of provision of section 33.
- 42. President, members and staff of market committees to be public servants.
- 43. Bar to suit in absence of notice
- 44. Trial of offences.
- 45. Admissibility of copy of entry as evidence
- 46. Power to make rules
- 47. Bye-laws
- 48. Power of State Government to call for proceedings of market committee
- 49. Power of the State Government to amend the Schedule
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