(1) The duties of a market committee shall be generally to make enquiries or cause enquiries to be made and submit, in Calcutta to the Director and; in any other place, to the District Magistrate, such periodical reports as may be prescribed, on the working of the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and the observance thereof by all persons concerned, in respect of every market within the local limits of its jurisdiction, and in particular to—
(a) direct, having regard to local conditions, in what, manner the structures, pathways and open spaces in such market shall be maintained and what arrangementS shall be made therein for conservancy, drainage and supply of drinking water;
(b) grant or renew licences under section 22 and to make or cause to be made such enquiries as may be necessary for the purpose;
Duties of market committee.
8 The West Bengal Markets Regulation Act, 1968.
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(a) administer the Market Committee Fund referred to in sub-section (1) of section 21 and maintain the accounts thereof in the prescribed manner;
(d) make enquiries or cause enquiries to be made and submit reports, in Calcutta to the Director and, in any other place, to the Sub-divisional Magistrate, on matters relating to the fixation under section 25 of fair and equitable rents or rates of rent in such market when so required by the Director or the Sub-divisional Magistrate, as the case may be, and also on matters, if any, involving contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder in respect of such market;
keep a set of standard weights and standard measures in each such market against which weighment and measurement may be chteked ;
collect and furnish such statistics and information relating to every such market and the marketing of agricultural produce as may be required by the Director, the District Magistrate or any other person authorised by the State Government in this behalf ;
(g) publish and disseminate in the prescribed manner for the benefit of sellers and purchasers the prescribed market information and such other instructions as may be issued by the Director in this behalf;
(it) settle such disputes between buyers and sellers of agricultural produce or their agents in such manner as may be prescribed;
(i) promote grading and standardisation of such agricultural produce in such manner as may be prescribed;
(j) standardise market practices and methods of sale and purchase of agricultural produce in the prescribed manner; and
(k) perform such other duties as may be entrusted to it from time to time by the State Government or the Director.
(e)
(f) Establishment of markets by market committee.
(2) Subject to rules made under this Act, a market committee, other than a special market committee referred to in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 9, may delegate to a sub-committee or sub-committees constituted by it from amongst its members in such manner as may be prescribed, all or any of its functions under this Act in respect of any market or any class of markets over which it has jurisdiction.