(1) No offence made punishable by this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder shall be tried by any court inferior to that of a Magistrate of the first class.
(2) Any prosecution under this Act may be instituted by any person duly authorised in writing by the market committee in this behalf.
Liability of accused to pay fee, market fee or other amount.
29. Every person who is prosecuted for an offence under section 27 shall be liable on proof to the satisfaction of the Magistrate that he wilfully omitted to pay the fee, market fee or other amount due from him under this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, to pay to the market committee the amount which may be due from him on account of such fee, market fee or other amount.
17 Composition of offences.
30. The market committee may accept from any person who has committed or is reasonably suspected of having committed an offence against this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, by way of composition of such offence ---
(a) where the offence consists of the failure to pay or the evasion of any fee, market fee or other amount recoverable under this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, in addition to the fee or other amount so recoverable, a sum of money not exceeding two hundred rupees or double the amount of the fee, market fee or other amount whichever is greater; and
(b) in other cases, a sum of money not exceeding two hundred rupees.
Power of Magistrate to recover summarily fee, market fee or other amount.
31. Whenever any person is convicted of an offence under this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, the Magistrate shall, in addition to any fine which may be imposed, recover summarily and pay over to the market committee, the amount of fee, market fee or other amount due from him under this Act or bye-laws made thereunder and may in his discretion, also recover summarily and pay over to the market committee such amount if any, as he may fix as the cost of the prosecution.
CHAPTER – V MISCELLANEOUS.
Power of Director to decide certain questions.
32. If any question arises whether any person is a producer or not for the purposes of this Act, the Director shall decide the question after following such procedure as may be prescribed. The decision of the Director, shall, subject to the provisions of section 33, be final.
Power of Government to call for records and pass orders.