Constitution of First Committee or a new Committee

(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Gazette appoint all the members of the First Committee or of a new Committee mentioned in clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 12, including the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman from amongst the persons, who in the opinion of the State Government are suitable to represent the different interests referred to under in sub-section (1) of Section 17. (2) The term of the First Committee shall be one year from the date of its constitution under sub-section (1), but the State Government may, in the public interest, extend or further extend its term, so however that the extended or further extended term shall come to an end on the date of the constitution of the Committee under Section 17. (3) The term of the office of the members of the First Committee, including its Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, shall be for such period as may be fixed by the State Government in this behalf, but it shall not exceed the term of the First Committee. (h) to advance loans to any other Committee, subject to previous sanctions of the Managing Director, on such terms and conditions, as the Board may determine; (i) to exercise such other powers, as may be prescribed by the State Government from time to time; (j) if any person makes encroachments of any kind on market yard or sub market yard, then the secretary of the market committee or the Managing Director shall be competent to remove that encroachment by using force and the expenses incurred in removing that encroachment shall be recoverable from the encroacher as arrears of land revenue. Explanation:-- For the purpose of clause (c), unless the contrary is proved, any specified Agricultural produce, taken out or proposed to be taken out of a Market area by or on behalf of a licensed trader, shall be presumed to have been sold within such area and in such case, the price of such produce presumed to be sold shall be deemed to be such reasonable price, as may be ascertained in the manner prescribed.