(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3) of section 15 or any other provisions of this Act, where the term of office of two years, five years or the extended term of office, if any, of members of the Marketing Board has expired, the Government or any officer not below the rank of Assistant Registrar authorized by it, shall, by a written order,—
(a) direct that all members of the Marketing Board shall, as from the date specified in the Order, cease to hold and vacate their offices as members or otherwise; and
(b) appoint a person or the Committee comprising of not more than three members, from time to time, as the Administrator or the Committee of Administrators, as the case may be, to manage the affairs of the Marketing Board, for the period specified in the order upto the date of the first meeting of the reconstituted Board after the election is held (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "said period") and election shall be held within a period of six months from the date, the Administrator or the Committee of the Administrators, as the case may be, assumes office:
Provided that this period of six months may be extended, from time to time, by the Government, in exceptional circumstances, to a period not exceeding one year in the aggregate, by notification published in the Official Gazette, for reasons which shall be stated in such notification.
(2) During the said period, all the powers and duties of the Board and it's various authorities under this Act and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder or any other law for the time being in force shall be exercised and performed by the Administrator or the committee of the Administrators, as the case may be.
(3) The Administrator or the Committee of Administrators, as the case may be, may delegate any of his or its powers and duties to any officer, for the time being serving under him or it or under the Marketing Board.
(4) The Administrator or the members of the Committee of Administrators, as the case may be, shall receive such remuneration from the Fund of the Marketing Board as the Government may, from time to time, by general or special order, determine.