Power of market committee to issue Licence. (1) Where a market is established under the provisions of this Act, the market committee may issue and renew Licence, in accordance with the rules and bye-laws, to traders, brokers, weighmen, measurers, processors, surveyors, warehousemen or other persons to operate in the market on payment of the prescribed fees.
(2) The market committee may also grant Licence, -
(a) for direct purchase from the agriculturists for the following purposes, namely:-
(i) to processor for processing;
(ii) to exporters for export of agricultural produce;
(iii) for trade of agricultural produce of particular specification; and
(iv) for grading, packing and transacting in other way by value addition of agricultural produce:
"Provided that no sale or purchase shall be permitted under this clause within the market proper except for the purposes specified in sub clause(i) and (iv)."
(b) for testing of chemical composition of agricultural produce.
14-A. Licence for more than one market areas. - (1) The Director may issue Licences, in accordance with the rules, to traders and processors to operate in more than one market areas on payment of the prescribed fees.
(2) The Director may refuse to issue a Licence for the reasons to be recorded in writing.
(3) All Licences issued under this section shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules and bye-laws made there under.
14-B. Suspension and cancellation of Licences issued under section 14-A. - (1) The Director may, after such enquiry as he deems fit to make and after giving , in the prescribed manner, the Licensee a reasonable opportunity of being heard, suspend or cancel a Licence issued under section 14-A on any of the following grounds namely:-
(a) that the Licensee is found to have committed a breach of any of the terms or conditions of his Licensee, or
(b) that the Licensee is found to have contravened any of the provisions of this Act of the rules or bye-laws made there under, or
(c) that the Licensee has been convicted of an offence punishable under this Act or the rules or bye-laws made there under, or
(d) On any other prescribed ground.
(2) When a Licence has been suspended or cancelled, the holder of the Licence shall forthwith produce such Licence in the office of the Director for being endorsed in the prescribed manner and shall not be entitled to claim on account of such suspension or cancellation any compensation or refund of the whole or any part of the Licence fee or of any other moneys.