Section 13: Effects of declaration of Market Area

(1) As from the date of declaration of an area as Market Area, no Local Body or other person shall, within the Market Area, set up, establish or continue, or allow to be set up, established or continued, any place for the sale-purchase, storage, weighman or processing of the specified agricultural produce, except under and in accordance with the condition of a license granted by the Committee concerned, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law, custom, usage or agreement : Provided that the provisions of this sub section shall not apply to a producer in respect of agricultural produce, reared, or processed by him or to any person, who purchases or stores any agricultural produce for his domestic consumption. (2) No person shall, in a Principal Market Yard, or Sub market Yard or Private Market Yard, carry on business or work as a trader, broker, commission agent, ware-houseman, weighman, palledar or in such other capacity as may be prescribed, in respect of any specified agricultural produce except under and in accordance with the conditions of a license obtained there for from the Committee concerned. (3) The provisions of the sub-section (1) and (2) shall not apply in relation to any specified agricultural produce, pledged or hypothecated in favour of a Bank as security for any amount advanced by such Bank.