Punjab act 017 of 2017 : The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Second Amendment) Act, 2017. (Punjab Act No. 17 of 2017)

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  • Department of Rural Development And Panchayat

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PART I

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS, PUNJAB

NOTIFICATION

The 14th August, 2017 _ No.21-Leg./2017.- The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Punjab received the assent of the Governor of Punjab on the 22nd day of July, 2017, is hereby published for general information:-

THE PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETS

(SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017.

(Punjab Act No. 17 of 2017)

AN

ACT

further to amend the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961. BE it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Sixty- eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Short title and (Second Amendment) Act, 2017. commencement.

(2) It shall come into force on and with effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 (hereinafter Substitution of referred to as the principal Act), for section 2, the following section shall be section 2 of Punjab Act 23 of

substituted, namely:- 1961.

"2 In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Definitions.

(1) "ad-hoc buyer" means a buyer who is registered under this Act as such,

(2) "agricultural produce" means all produce, whether processed or not, of agriculture, horticulture, medicinal plants, animal husbandry, livestock or forest as specified in the Schedule to this Act;

(3) "assaying lab" means laboratory set up as prescribed for testing of quality parameters as per the tradable parameters or grade-standards or any other parameters notified by the competent authority;

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Board" means the Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board established under this Act for the State of Punjab; broker" means a person, other (han a private servant or an auctioneer, usually emploYed on commission to enter into contracts on behalf of others for the purchase or sale of agricultural produce;

buyer" means a person, who himself or on behalfofany person or an agent who buys or agrees to buy agricultural produce in the market or notified market area, as the case may be;

"Committee" means a market committee established and constituted under sections |! and | 2;

"Competent Authority" means an authority as may be notified by the State Government ;

"contract farming" means an agreement between the contract farming sponsors who offers to purchase and the contract farming producer who agrees to produce under which the production and marketing of an agricultural produce is carried out as per the terms and conditions laid down in the agreement;

"Co-operative Society" means a Co-operative Society registered or deemed to be registered under the P unjab

Co-operative Societies Act, 1961, or any other corresponding law for the time being in force which deals in the pur chase, sale

processing or storage of agricultural produce, or is o therwise

engaged in the business of disposal of agricultural produce;

"dealer" means any person who within the notifie d market area

establishes or continues or allows to be continu ed any

le, storage or processing of agricultural -section (1) of section 6 or purchases, sets up,

place for the purchase, sa

produce notified under sub

sells, stores or processes such agr icultural produce;

' means the sale of agricultural produce by y to the buyer may be outside or inside yard or sub-market yard or any other

"direct marketing' the producer directl the principal market market yard notified under this Act;

"e-trading" means trading of agric ultural produce in which booking, contracting, auctioning, tendering, cord keeping and other connected tronically on computer network/ registration, billing,

information exchanging

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activities as are done e

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internet;

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1d) ose , / xii , . a (11) | ¢ trading Platlorm Means electronic plattorm setup either *Y State Government Or tS apencies or a person licenced under this Act for sale or purchase of agricultural produce through electronic media o1 by any means of communication

mn which registration, buying: and selling, billing, booking, contracting, auctioning and tendering are carried out online bade through computer network/ internet or any other such electronic device, where physical transaction takes place:

(15) "farmer producer company" means a company of farmer- producer members registered under sub-section (1) of section 465 of the Companies Act, 2013:

(16) "Godown Keeper" means a person, other than a producer, Who stores agricultural produce for himself for sale or stores agricultural produce of others in lieu of storage charges;

(17) "licensee" means a person to whoma licence is granted under section 10 and the rules made under this Act and includes any person who buys or sells agricultural produce and to whom a licénce is granted as Kacha Arhtia or commission agent or otherwise but does not include a person licensed under section 13;

(18) "livestock" means cattle, goat, sheep, poultry, fish and such other animals and products thereof as specified in the Schedule of this Act ;

"market" means a market established and regulated under this Act for the notified market area, and includes a market proper, a principal market yard, sub-market yard and private

(19)

market yard;

"marketing" means all agricultural activities involved in the flow of agricultural produce trom the production points commencing from the stage of harvest tll these reach the ultimate consumers such as purchase, sale, storage, processing, trading, transportation, cleaning, weighing, standardization, grading, packing for the value addition and other connected activities of agricultural produce and all other functions connected therewith including the marketing under contract

(20)

"y farming;

"market proper" means any area including all lands with the buildings thereon, within such distance of the principal market

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or sub-market yard, as may be notified in the Official Gazette by the State Government, to be a market proper;

"member" includes the Chairman of the Board,

"notified market area" means any area notified under section 6;

"over trading" means the amount exceeding the value of the agricultural produce including livestock purchased at any point of time vis-a-vis to the amount of security deposited with or the bank guarantee furnished to the market committee as prescribed;

"person" means an individual, registered or unregistered firm, Hindu Undivided Family, Company, Co-operative Society, Government agency or Public Sector Undertaking or Corporation, as the case may be;

"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

"price stabilization fund" means any fund constituted for the purpose of curtailing extreme volatility in prices of specified agricultural produce;

"principal market yard" and "sub-market yard" mean an enclosure, building or locality declared to be a principal market yard and sub-market yard under section 7;

"private enterprises" means an economic activity undertaken by private individuals or organization under private ownership;

(30) "private market yard" means an enclosure, building or locality

(31) "processin other than the principal market yard or sub-market yard in notified market area, owned and operated by any person or company or co-operative society in accordance with the terms and conditions of a licence, granted by the State Government and where infrastructure has been developed by such person or company or co-operative society as the case may be; Explanation: - For the purpose of this clause, company shall mean a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013; g"' means any one or more of a Series of treatments relating to powdering, crushing, decorticating, de-huski ng,

parboiling, curing or any other manual, mechanical, chemi cal

or physical treatment to which raw

agricultural produce or its

product Is subjected to;

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(32) "producer" means a person who in his normal course of avocation grows, manufactures, rears or produces, as the case may be, agricultural produce personally, through tenants or

otherwise, but does not include a person who works as a

dealer or a broker or who is a partner of a firm of dealers or

brokers or is otherwise engaged in the business of disposal of

agricultural produce other than that grown, manufactured,

reared, or produced by himself, through his tenants or

otherwise. If a question arises as to whether any person is a

producer or not for the purposes of this Act, the decision of

the Deputy Commissioner of the District in which the person

carries on his business or profession shall be final:

Provided that no person shall be disqualified from being

a producer merely on the ground that he is a member of a

Co-operative Society;

Explanation: - The term 'producer' shall also include tenant;

(33) "producer and consumer market yard" means an enclosure, building or locality in the notified market area, owned and operated by a person or by a group of producers or by the Market Committee in accordance with the terms and conditions of the license granted for this purpose and where the infrastructure has been developed, maintained and opcrated by such person under section 7-F ;

(34) "producer market yard (Kissan Mandi)" means a place where the sale of agricultural produce is made by the producer directly to the buyer/retailer whether inside or outside the principal market yard or sub-market yard in the notified market area. A Kissan Mandi yard may be set up with suitable infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of this Act, by a group of producers, Farmer Producer Organization, Farmer Agri. Business Consortium, Farmer Producer Company or by the Market Committee in any notified market area;

(35) "public private partnership" means providi ng of services by

the Board or the Committee or a group of committees or private enterprises which is funded and operated through a partnership of Board or Committee or a group of committees with one or more private sector entities including companies, private firms or co-operative societies or any other ent ity

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3. In the principal Act, in sec and sell property", the words an immovable or movable property as ma, the transfer deed" shall be substitute d.

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salience aw in force in the State of Punjab by I ° B esources or man power for the set up and creation of a market yard, as the case may be;

36) "retail sale" means sale of agri ( ) all sale _ Mea s sale of agricultural produce not exceeding such quantity as may be prescribed;

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( ) | seasonal market yard" means an enclosure, buil ng or

ocality declared to be a seasonal market yard in the notified

market area under section 7-A;

(38) "secretary" means the Executive Officer of a committee and includes an Assistant Secretary or a person officiating or acting as Secretary;

. ' sas (39) "self help groups" means a small voluntary association of producers preferably from the same socio-economic background;

(40) "special market yard" means an enclosure, building, having specially designed infrastructure provided in the Notified Market Area notified under section 7-B and managed by the Board or Committee or Special Purpose Vehicle or company, as the case may be;

(41) "State Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Agriculture;

(42) "trade allowance" includes an allowance having the sanction of custom in the notified market area concerned and market

charges payable to various functionari

es,

(43) "trading" means the buying or selli ng of agricultural produce in 4 notified market area,

(44) "user charges" means charg es levied for the use of infrastructure or for services rendere d by the Board or the

Committee or by any other entity au thorised by the competent

authority in this behalf; and

(45) "value addition" includes cle aning, processing, standardization, grading, packing or other such activities which enhance the

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value of agricultural produce

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tion 3, in sub-section (3), for the words " hold

,

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d sign "hold, sell, lease or otherwis e transfer

y be prescribed fora period specified in Amendment in

section 3 of

Punjab Act 23 of

1961.

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n the principa 'or secti ' ; 4, | Pp pal Act, for section 7, the following sections shall be Substitution of substituted, namely:-

exction 7 ot

Punjab Act 23 of

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7. (1) For each notified market area, there shall be one principal market va yard, one or more sub-market yards, one or more

seasonal market yards, one or more special market

yards, one or more producer and consumer market

yards, one or more producer market yards and one or more private Declaration of

market vards.

market yards as may be necessary.

(2) The State Government may, by notification, declare any enclosure, building or locality in any notified market area to be principal market yard for the area and other enclosures, buildings or localities to be one or more sub-market yards, one or more seasonal market yards, one or more special market yards, one or more producer and consumer market yards, one or more producer market yards and one or more

private market yards for the area.

7-A. (1) The Secretary of the Board may for a partic ular crop or crops

Establishment of notify any enclosure or building or locality in a notified

Seasonal Market market area to be a seas

onal market yard which

Yard. shall be established, maintain

ed and operated by

market committee concerned primarily

in the harvesting season of that

particular crop or crops, as the cas

e may be.

(2) In the notified market yard und er sub-section (1), the Market Committee concerned have to esta blish a market therein and provide such facilities for marketing of agri cultural produce and also for perso ns

visiting it in connection with the purchase, sale, storage, weighment and

processing of agricultural prod uce concerned as the Secretary of the

Board may direct from time to time.

a special market yard under s ection 7, the

t, apart from other things shal l also

turnover, serving area and ts of particular

7-B. (1) In order to notify Establishment of State Gover nmen

special market consider such aspe cts as

yard. spec

ial infrastructural re

quiremen

therein as may be pre

scribed.

s may be managed either

directly by

a co-operative

commodities to be marketed

(2) Such special market yard the Board or through Public Private or corporate body or

Special Purpose

notified from time to time

and shall not

Committee concerned.

Partnership or throu

gh

Vehicle or individuals a

s may be

be under the control of

the Market

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*B 7-C. (1) A private market yard May be set up b . . | ' »q ' . y an ers | Establishment of suitable Infrastructure in accorden " ot 'he ae nie uieing. p n

"lee with the private market Provisions of this Act and rules made the " yard, the sale or purchase of agricy| sl Wrodheane cn \

é 'gricultural produc

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€ as mé be specified by the State Government, uy (2) The owner of the private market

(1) shall neither be permitted himself for produce in the private

yard, referred to in sub-section sale or purchase of agricultural market yard so developed and managed by him nor any other person shall do so on his behalf, as the case may be.

(3) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the ow ner of the private market yard or its man agement committee, by whatever name called, referred to in sub-section (1) shall perform such functions and duties of the Market Committee as prescribed and under the overall supervision of the Competent Authority or any other officer authorised in this behalf.

(4) The private market yard referred to in sub-section (1) shall be established subject to the fulfillment of such terms and conditions in such manner as may be prescribed.

7- D. A producer and consumer market yard may be set up with suitable Listablishment of infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of producer and this Act and rules made thereunder, by any person or consumer market a group of producers or the Market Committee, as yard.

the case may be, in any notified market area, on

fulfillment of such terms and conditions in such manner as may be prescribed:

Provided that producer shall sell such quantity of agriculture produce : ribed.

directly to the consumer at a time as may be presc

j i tablished outside ¢ Kissan Mandi) may be es

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eros 's ncipal market yard

or sub-market yard in the e > . . ze ' , set Establishment of d market area. Such market yard may be s 'ee 4 > notifie ' wpeoarde se Wi 2 PEUueer marae with suitable infrastructure In accordance with in vn a ane of this Act and the rules made thereunder,

at provisions r Organization or Farmer ' > e

by a group of producers or Farmer Produce

Agri. business Consortium or Farmer oa for sale to W

Committee in any notified market ey be prescribed.

institutional buyer or any other buyer as

ules » thereun

der,

isions of this Act

and the r made

there ,

7-F . Subject to the prov

arnime

ermission for the stale eeuing up a pli e-trading platform. person for setting r Company or the Market

holesellers or

nt may grant permission t

o any

itform for spot marketing of

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and conditions in such manner

Provided that owner or service provide shall neither be permitted himself for the produce in the "e-trading pl

roof "e-trading platform" nae sale or purchase Of agricultural avorm" so develope ped and managed by hi — , Xe Aro

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nor any other person shall do so on his behalf, as the case may be

7- G Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder Permission for the State Government may grant permission to any

direct marketing, person for purchase of the agricultural produce

directly from producers outside the principal market

yard or sub-market yard or at any place specified in the notified market area, on fulfillment of such terms and conditions in such manner as may

be prescribed.

7-H. The Board or with the permission of the Board, a Committee or

group of Committees may create, promote, manage

and maintain infrastructure for a market yard or for

value addition such as cleaning, standardization,

grading and post harvest handling of agricultural produce including cold storages, pre-cooling facilities and pack houses in notified market area Public private

partnership.

through public private partnership.".

In the principal Act, in section 10, for sub-section (1), the following sub- Sections shall be substituted, namely:-

"(1) Any person may apply to the authority specified in section 9 fora licence which may be granted for such period, in such on on such conditions and on payment of such f

ees as may be prescribed:

ission agent and other

i icens

ranted to commis

Provided that the l e

pra Aion

natket

j é é or all

the marke

market functionaries under

sub-section (1) shall be valid

é

yards notified under section 7:

s : rryin

Provided further that ifany ie en na

"eG ecli sec : nature specified in sub-section (3) oO der sub-section (1) 0! tha on the date of issue of notification

I he date specified therein

for

fails to apply for a licence on OF nen nay before a licence is issued, ih oo secribed authority Mey, obtaining licence, the prescribe sscribed. ' rescri impose on him such penalty as 7 'i competent authority for a ay apply to Me anted fi rson ma @PP » which may be granted Tor (1 A) Any pe the whole of the State, en " siiet of such licence applicable to on such conditions ant ol P okt yards

such period, in such on and shall be valid for all the

fees as may be prescr!

g onany business of the

notified market area

tsection,

Amendment in

section 10 of

Punjab Act 23 of

1961.

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g, Inthe principal Act, after section 10-A, the follow; ; -yserted, namely:- N# Sections shal] be

"10-B. Any person who desires {o establish a privat o_o : sh ¢ ate spe , ye . ote or arantineol ) ar d, private market yard, private Licence w private Ptivate producer and ¢ person. producer marke

Cial market

¢-trading platform,

Onsumer market yard or private t yard (Kissan Mandi) in any notified market area under section 7, shall apply to the competent authority alongwith requisite fee for grant of license and the competent authority shall grant the licence for such period, in such form on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed. | 10-C. Any dispute concerning private yards licenced under section

Settlements of 10-B shall be referred to the competent authority or

dispute. any officer authorised by it and the decision thereon

shall be final.

10-D. Any person desirous of wholesale buying from the principal

market yard or sub-market yard for his own

consumption without obtaining licence under section

10 shall have to get himself registered with the

concerned Market Committee, in the form and in the manner, as may be

prescribed and he shall have to specify the day of purchase of agricultural

produce at the time of registration and shall be liable to pay market fee

at the prescribed rate to the said Committee before lifting the agricultural

produce:

Registration of

ad-hoc buyer.

Provided that the buyer shall not make such wholesale purchases

more than three times in a month across the State.

10-E. (1) No agricultural produce shall be

sold al any place other than

Sale of the markets

notified under section 7.

agricultural

Produce.

(2) Nothing in sub-section (1 ) shal produce made by the producer to any person up to such quantity as may be prescribed.

(3) The agricultural produ ce may be

ifie der

any place outside the market yards nae eke prescribe holder especially permitted in ls bens o prescribed:

Subject to such terms and conditions as may

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lapply to the sale of agricultur

al

for his domestic consumption

sold by the producer at

section 7 to a license

d authority,

Insertion of

sections 10-1,

10-C, 10-D and

10-E in Punjab

Act 23 of 1961.

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purchase of agricultural produce covered under he , . : Provisions of the

punjab Contract Farming Act, 2013", ~ Inthe principal Act, for section 23, the following section shall be qubstituted, namely:-

"23. (1)A committee shall subject to such rules as may be made by the State Government in this behalf, levy on ad-valorem vy of fees. : Le y of le bawio

(i) fees on the agricultural produce bought or sold by a licensee in the notified market area ata rate not exceeding two rupees for every one hundred rupees; and

(ii) also additional fees on the agricultural produce when sold by a producer to a licensee in the notified market area at a rate not exceeding one rupee for every one hundred rupees:

Provided that-

(a) no fee shall be leviable in respect of any transaction in which delivery of the agricultural produce bought or sold is not actually made; and

(b) a fee shall be leviable only on the parties to a transaction in

which delivery is actually made.

(2) Subject to the presentation of requisite documents as prescribed,

tural produce bought or sold in re spect

no fee shall be levied on the agricu ;

or any other nouiticd

of which such fee has already been paid in the same

market area within the State.

under sub-section (la)

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(3) Any licensee obtaining a license h the Board "ional fee, if t th the Hoare section 10, can deposit fee and additional

fee, tt ally, Wt

ction irrespective of t

he transactions carried

Within seven days of transa

out in different notified market

areas.

ale produces and

Colinusiet

ate Produsst M

arket

fice aad at thie

(4) In the private market yard, pry : ot . ris market yard, private e-trading platform tt P fe

. ; ve charges shall be levice b, Yard (Kissan Mandi), the user char > hall be ercinpted Hoe the p rate of market fee, however, producersellet sha

User Charges:

Provided that the State Government,

to time, by notification, pul ceiling on!

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) "Theowngra privat

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producer

i »e-trading pls

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ms

he rate of collectio

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rd, private producer

and

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market yard (Kissan Mandi) shal! be responsible f | Or the college; ton and deposit of any additional fee Or cess levied 5 tl from time to time, in the Marketing Developmen i vate Government "und ae

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3 Inthe principal Act, after section 23 -A, the fi 1

qserted, namely:- Ollowir 18 Section shall be

"23-B The Board shall levy user charges for the use of infrastruct ructure provided in the Principal market yard or sub- market ' ser

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Levy of use yard or special market yard, seasonal market yard charges. as the case may be, at the rate as may be prescribed.".

9, _ Inthe principal Act, after section 25, the following section shall be inserted

namely:-

"25- A. The State Government may direct the Board to set up a separate rice stabilization fund i Price Stabilization a f nd n the manner, as may be Fund. prescribed and the account of the said fund shall be maintained separately and the same cannot be utilized for the purpose other than it is made for.".

10. Inthe principal Act, in section 26, -

(1) clauses (x) and (xi) shall be omitted; and

(ii) forclause (xvii) except the proviso, the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-

"(xvii) with the previous sanction of the State Government, any

other purpose which is calculated to p romote the general

interests of the Board and the Co mmittees;

ulatory system and to create

infrastructure

t marketing, e-trading,

producer marketing ;

(xviii) establishment of reg em an for e-trading platform, e-marketi ng, direc

producer and consumer m

arketing and

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ation al

(xix) providing infras tructure for grad ng, standé

: sos oduce;

yof agricultural pr packaging 0°28 ructure on its own OF through

(xx) to create and promote an ae market yard of a notified * . z hip or a ; . ning

ublic private partnersn'p © ring, ripe!

cakes rea and value addition aHe

A vk ing al

standardization, grading, packaging ¢

of agricultural produ

ce:

repair, maintena

h as clear

id post harvest h

andling

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nce of link roads and passage

(xxi) construction, to market yard.".

Insertion of

Section 23-B in Punjab Act 23 of

1961,

Insertion of section 25-A of Punjab Act 23 of

1961.

Amendment in section 26 of Punjab Act 23 of

1961.

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es 1 In the principal Act, afler section 27, the following section shall be ine all be inserted namely:-

"27-A, The private market yard, producer and consumer market y; Contribution to c-trading platform and private producer market om Board. (Kissan Mandi) licensee shall contribute, the he charges at the prescribed rate to the Marketing Development Fund.".

12. Inthe principal Act, in section 28, -

(i) clauses (x), (x1) and (xvi) shall be omitted:

(ii) for clause (xvii), the following clauses shall be substituted, namely:-

"(xvil) with the previous sanction of the Board, any other purpose which is calculated to promote the general interests of the Committee or the notified market area ;

(xviii) to establish regulatory system and to create infrastructure for e-trading platform, e-marketing, direct marketing, e-trading, producer and consumer marketing and producer marketing ;

(xix) to provide infrastructure for cleaning, grading, standardization and packaging of agricultural produce;

(xx) to create and promote an infrastructure on its own or t hrough

public private partnership for a_ market yard of a_ notif ied

market area and value addition such as

cleaning,

standardization, grading, packaging and post harvest handling

of agricultural produce; and

; ne sieesecfae

soon

(xxi) construction, repair, maintenan ce of link roads and passag market yard.".

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(2), -

3. In the Principal Act, in section 43, in sub-section (2),

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(1) in clause (xxxiii) , the word" and " sha ll be omitted; anc

(i) in clause (xxxiv), for sign ".", the sign thereafter, the foll

owing clauses shall

be

or otherwise

shall be substit

uted and

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added, namely:-

transfer Moy a

ble and

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(Xxxv) to acquire, hold, sell, lease immovable property, 'on of market

(xxxvi) for all other activities related en specialized infrastructure, regulatory areal

ane s

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. . 'ket yard, management of a particular — Ifill the purposes , vr ulfill the

(xxvii) for any other matter which 1s require' emi thereunder; > ¢ . and objectives under this

, In ertion of

chon 27-A of

Punjab Act 23 of

194]

Amendment in section 28 of Punjab Act 23 of

196).

Amendiment ut section 43 of Punjab Act 24 of IYol

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(SRVN 23, 1939 SAKA) UIT og (xxxvill) for granting the license 50 Special m yard, e-trading p! atform, dire consumer market yard, Produce

and establishing regul

sharing of market fee

charges realized and

arket Yard, private Cl marke

"Market yard atory System, creatin Or additional fee

any other activitie (xxxix) for all other activities rel |

Market ting, Producer and

(Kissan Mandi)

g infrastructure,

Jif any, and user

S related thereto;

ated to establish regulatory system and create infrastructure for the better marke ting of agricultural produce:

(x!) for establishing of regulatory system and Creating infrastructure for e- Kissan Mandi, e-marketing and e-trading:

(xl) for the manner for establishment , functioning and funds for market extension and training cell; (xl) for the grades and standards to be set up and certification,

the establishment, finances and functioning for Agricultural

Produce Marketing Standards Bureau:

(xliit) forthe areas for development and procedure for public private

partnership; and

i i i rural (xliv) to define policy for construction, repair, maintenance of

link roads and passages.".

VIVEK PURI, "

t of Punjab, Secretary to Governmen of P

Department of Legal and Legislative Affai

rs.

13 8-201 7/pp, Govt. Press, S.A.S. Nagar

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