(1) Every contract or agreement entered into by a Market Committee for the purchase, Mode of making sale, lease, mortgage or other transfer of, or acquisition of interest in immovable contract.
property shall , in writing, be executed on behalf of Market Committee jointly by its Chairperson, Vice- Chairperson and the Secretary , with the sanction of the Market Committee, as may be prescribed.
(2) No contract other than a contract executed as provided in sub-section (1) shall be valid and binding on the Market Committee.
44. No act of Market Committee or of any sub-committee thereof or of any person acting as a member, Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, presiding authority or the Secretary shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of some defect in the constitution or appointment of such Market Committee, sub-committee, Members, Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, presiding authority or the Secretary or on the ground that they or any of them were disqualified for such office, or that formal notice of the intention to hold a meeting of the committee or of the sub-committee was not given duly or by reason of such act having been done during the period of any vacancy in the office of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson or the Secretary or Member of such committee or sub-committee or for any other informality not affecting the merits of the case.
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CHAPTER-V STAFF OF MARKET COMMITTEE Act of Market Committee etc.
not to be invalidated.
45. . Every Market Committee shall have a Secretary, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Market Committee administering principal market yard, sub-market yard(s) and market sub-yard(s}and the custodian of all the records and properties of the principal market yards, sub-market yard(s) And market sub-yard( s)in _the delineated market area:
Provided that the Secretary should be graduate in agriculture/ horticulture, agricultural economics/veterinary Science/Fisheries marketing/ agri-business and has also undergone minimum three months in-service training or such training undertaken after recruitment.
Provided further that Director/ Managing Director may maintain a pariel of professionals, which may include professionals from open market, for appointing te the post of Secretary to the Market. Committee, as may be prescribed in the Rules.
The Director/ Managing Director shall have powers to appoint Secretary from the services of the State Government/Board and on deputation also and such appointments shall be binding on the Market Committee.
46. The Secretary shall exercise and perform the following functions and duties in Powers, addition to such other duties as may be specified in this Act, the Rules or Bye- functions laws, namely- and duties of To convene the meetings of the Market Committee and of the sub- the Secretary.
committees, if any, and maintain minutes of the proceedings thereof .
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(vi) To attend the meetings of the Market Committee and of every sub-committee and take part in· the discussions but shall not move any resolution or vote at any such meeting .
To take action to give effect to the resolution of the committee and of the sub committees, and report about all actions taken in pursuance of such resolution to the committee as soon as possible. · To prepare the budget proposal.
To furnish to the Market Committee such returns, statements, estimates, statistics and reports as the Market Committee may from time to time, require including reports regarding- ( a) fines· and penalties levied on and any disciplinary action taken against the Members of the staff and the market functionaries and others;
(b) over-trading by any trader;
(c) contravention of the provisions of the Act, the Rules, the bve-laws, the standing orders by any person;
(d) suspension or cancellation of licence by the Chairperson or the Director;
and ( e) administration of the Market Committee and the regulation of the marketing in the Principal market yard, sub-market .yard(s) a market sub-yard(s).
To produce before the Market Committee such documents, books, registers and the likes as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of the committee or the sub-cornmittee. and also whenever called upon by the Market Committee to do so.
Secretary of Market Committee.
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of Accountant.
Appointment of staff by the Market Committee.
(vii) To exercise supervision and control over the acts of all officers and servants of the Market Committee.
(viii) To collect fees/user charge and other money leviable by or due to the Market Committee.
(ix) To be responsible for all moneys credited to or received on behalf of the Market Committee.
(x) To make disbursements of all moneys lawfully payable by the Market Committee.
(xi) To report to the Chairperson and the Director/ Managing Director as soon as possible in respect of fraud, embezzlement, theft or loss of Market Committee Fund or property.
(xii) To prefer complaints in respect of prosecutions to be launched on behalf of the Market Committee· and conduct proceedings, civil or criminal, on behalf of the Market Committee.
The Director/ Managing Director may, with such qualification as may be prescribed in Rules/Bye-laws, appoint an accountant, who shall be responsible for maintenance of books of accounts of the Market Committee and assist the Secretary in discharge ofhis duties and perform of such duties as may be delegated to him by the Market Committee or the Secretary.