Every market committee shall elect in such manner as may be prescribed.
(a) One of its members who is nominated under clause (a) or clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 10 to be its Chairman, and
(b) Another member to be its Vice-Chairman.
13. Disqualifications for membership of market committee –A person shall be disqualified for being, nominated as, and for being a member of a market committee –
(a) if he is a minor or of unsound mind;
(b) if he is an applicant to be adjudicated as insolvent or is an undischarged insolvent;.
(c) if he has been sentenced for any offence involving moral turpitude, punishable under any law with imprisonment for one year and upwards, such sentence not having been annulled and a period of five years has not elapsed from the date of expiration of the sentence;
(d) if, and for so long as, there subsists a contract entered into by him in the course of his trade or business with that market committee for the supply of goods, to or for the execution of any works undertaken by, that market committee.
Explanation – For the purposes of this clause, where a contract has been fully performed by the person by whom it has been entered into with the market committee, the contract shall be deemed not to subsist by reason only of the fact that the market committee has not performed its part of the contract either wholly or in part;
(e) if he is in default for a period exceeding fifteen days by failing to pay any fee or any other amount due to the market committee, from the date on which a demand or notice has been served on him in that regard;
(f) if he is employed as legal practitioner on behalf of the market committee or against it; or
(g) if he is a paid officer or servant of any market committee.
14. Assistant Director of Agriculture to be ex-officio member, -The Assistant Director of Agriculture in-charge of marketing having jurisdiction over the notified area shall be the ex-officio member of the market committee established for such area, or where there are two or more Assistant Directors of Agriculture in-charge of marketing having jurisdiction over different portions of a notified area, one of such Assistant Directors as the Government may specify in this behalf.