(1) There shall be appointed by the State Government or by the Deputy Commissioner, if so authorised by it, one or more fair officers for the purpose of holding, controlling, managing and regulating cattle fairs in a district.
(2) Subject to the direction, control and supervision of the State Government or of the Deputy Commissioner, if so authorized by it, a fair officer shall be responsible for making arrangements in respect of all matters connected with the holding of cattle fair and its proper control, management and regulation and shall also have the powers of-
(i) defining the fair area;
(ii) reservation of sites or places for latrines, urinals, bath, shops, exhibitions, shows, demonstrations, foot-paths for animals, watersupply for drinking purposes, shelters, green and dry fodder, entertainments and similar other purposes necessary in connection with the cattle fair;
(iii) allotment of sites temporarily for commercial or other purposes in connection with the cattle fair, authorization of raising of structures on such sites, and fixation of rents for such sites in the prescribed manner;
(iv) arrangements for watch and ward, lighting, medical first-aid, veterinary aid, sanitation , tentage and other facilities as may be necessary in connection with the cattle fair;
(v) construction of temporary offices for the purpose of collecting taxes and fees imposed and levied in connection with the cattle fair. Power of State Government to impose taxes in fair areas.
5. The State Government may, in such manner and at such rates as may be prescribed, impose in a fair area during the continuance of a cattle fair-
(a) tolls on vehicles entering such area for business purposes; and
(b) octroi duty on goods brought for sale within such area:
Provided that no such duty shall be imposed if the goods have already been subjected to the levy of such duty at the time of their entry into the limits of the local authority in which the fair area is situate.
Exclusion of jurisdiction of local authorities to impose tax, etc.
6. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, no local authority shall be competent to impose any tax or fee in any fair area in connection with a cattle fair during the continuance of the fair.
Duty of local authorities to assist fair officers.
7. Every local authority, within whose jurisdictional limits a fair area or a part thereof is situated, shall render to the fair officer, for the purposes of holding, controlling, managing or regulating a cattle fair in such area, such assistance as may be required of it by the fair officer in connection with the cattle fair.