The Tripura Markets Act, 1979
The Tripura Markets Act, 1979
The Tripura Markets Act, 1979 regulates the establishment, licensing, and operation of private markets selling food items, firewood, and animals across the State of Tripura. It applies to market owners, organizers, managers, and sellers operating outside government-owned facilities. The law empowers local licensing authorities to issue and renew market licenses, enforce hygiene standards, mandate proper drainage and infrastructure improvements, and cap transaction tolls. Additionally, it prohibits selling rotten food and allows local bodies to temporarily manage closed markets to protect public convenience. This legislation matters because it ensures consumer health, prevents unfair market charges, and maintains orderly trade in local food markets.
- 1. Short title, extent and eommence- ment.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Require- ment for li- cence.
- 4. Powers to renew, sus- pend, termi- nate licen- ces.
- 5. Prohibition of unlicen- sed.
- 6. Power of li- censing au- thority to close unli- censed mar- kets.
- 7. Duty of sell- ers.
- 8. Duty of the licencee.
- 9. Power to give direc- tions.
- 10. Restriction re g a r d i n g tolls.
- 11. Entrustment of manage- ment to local body.
- 12. Provision regarding transfer.
- 13. Appeal.
- 14. Penalties.
- 15. Power to make rules.
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