Recovery of loss

(1) Where a market committee is not competent to perform the duties imposed on it by or under this Act or under orders or decision of a court, the Board shall make such arrangement for performing such duties and functions of such market committee as it may deem fit. Any loss that may occur to a market committee due to its failure to carry out any instruction of the Board, shall be recoverable from the member of the market committee after due enquiry and after giving reasonable opportunity of showing cause to them as to why such loss should not be recovered from them. (2) Any amount recoverable from the member of a market committee under this section shall be realised as an arrear of public demand under the provisions of the Sikkim Public Demand Recovery Act, 1988.