(1) The Director or any other officer not below the rank of an Assistant Director of Agriculture, authorised by the State Government in this behalf by general or special order, may inspect or cause to be inspected the accounts of the market committee or institute an enquiry into the affairs of the market committee and require the market committee or its Chairman to do a thing or to refrain from doing a thing which the Director or other officer considers necessary or desirable in the interest of the market or the market committee.
Power of inspection.
5 of 1908.
(2) The Director or any officer authorised by the State Government under sub-section (1) shall, for the purposes of the said sub-section, have the same powers as are vested in a Court under the Code of Civil.
Procedure, 1908, when trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:—
(a) enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath or affirmation;
(b) compelling the production of documents ; and
(c) issuing commissions for the examination of witnesses.
25. The Director may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, suspend Director may or cancel any licence issued under section 13 and may take such other steps cancel °r suspend any as he may deem fit in the interest of the market: licence.
Provided that before passing any order under this section the Director shall give a reasonable opportunity to the licensee of being heard.
26. Where the market committee is unable due to any order or Alternative decision of a court or any other reason to perform the duties imposed upon for perfonnit by or under this Act the State Government shall make such alternative ingti es the arrangement as it deems necessary for the due performance of the duties market - and functions of such market committee. mittee.
203 The West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1972.
[West Ben. Act (Sections 27-32.)