Amendment of section 31

In the Principal Act, for Sub-section (1) and the proviso thereof of section 31 the following shail be substituted, namely;- "(1) Any person who under Section 30 A desires to purchase notified agricultural produce direct from agriculturists or wishes to establish a private yard or under section 30 B desires to establish a consumer / farmer market in one or more than one market area and the person desires to use any place in the market area for the marketing of agricultural produce as desired by notification under section 4 or desires to operate in the market area by the trader, commission agent, surveyor, processor/ weighman, measurer etc. in relation to the marketing of agricultural produce shall apply for the licence as prescribed under section 30 for grant, renewal of licence in the manner prescribed by the State Govt. Provided that the Director may, where a Market committee has not been constituted or has not started functioning, subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, grant a licence for the marketing of agricultural produce or for operating in any market area as a trader, commission agent, processor/ weighman, measurer, surveyor, ware houseman or any other capacity."