Act Info:Preamble1 - DELHI AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING REGULATION ACT, 1976
Chapter 1
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Section3 - Notification of intention of regulating marketing of agricultural produce in specified area
Section4 - Declaration of regulation of marketing of specified agricultural produce in market area
Chapter 2
Section5 - Constitution, powers and duties of Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board
Chapter 3
Section6 - Establishment of markets
Section7 - Establishment of special markets
Section8 - Constitution of Market Committees
Section9 - Composition of Market Committees
Section10 - Incorporation of Market Committees
Section11 - Election and term of office of members
Section12 - Creation of Election Fund
Section13 - Commencement of term of office of members
Section14 - Resignation of members and nomination in certain circumstances
Section15 - Removal of members for misconduct
Section16 - Casual vacancies
Section17 - Term of office of Chairman and Vice-Chairman and honorarium payable to them
Section18 - Procedure for election of Vice-Chairman
Section19 - Resignation of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Section20 - Consequences of absence of Chairman without leave
Section21 - Vacancies in office of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
Section22 - Refusal to hand over charge to new Chairman or Vice-Chairman
Section23 - Meeting, etc., of Market Committee
Section24 - Members to act during vacancy; acts of Market Committee, etc., not to be invalidated by informalities
Chapter IV
Section25 - Powers and duties of Market Committee
Section26 - Appointment of Sub-Committees; delegation of powers
Section27 - Power of the Market Committee to open collection centres for marketing of specified produce; provisions for receipt and payment by purchaser
Section28 - Power of Market Committee to levy fees
Section29 - Power to borrow
Section30 - Execution of contracts
Section31 - Certain disputes regarding construction of rules, etc., about weights and measures to be decided by the Controller of Weights and Measures
Chapter 5
Section32 - Power of Market Committee to employ staff
Chapter 6
Section33 - Regulation of marketing of agricultural produce
Section34 - Grant of licences
Section35 - Power to cancel or suspend licences
Section36 - Appeal
Section37 - Provision for settlement of disputes
Chapter 7
Section38 - Marketing Development Fund
Section39 - Market Fund, its custody and investment
Section40 - Purposes for which Market Fund may be expended
Section41 - Manner of auditing accounts, preparing budget, annual report etc.
Chapter 8
Section42 - Making or recovery of trade allowance prohibited
Chapter 9
Section43 - Inspection, inquiry, submission of statements, etc.
Section44 - Duty of officers, servants and members of Market Committee to furnish information to Board, authorised officers and Administrator
Section45 - Seizure of account books and other documents
Section46 - Powers of Board to call for proceedings of Market Committees and to pass orders thereon
Section47 - Amalgamation or division of Market Committees
Section48 - Supersession of Market Committee, etc.
Chapter 10
Section49 - Penalty for not complying with directions under sub-section (2) of section 22
Section50 - Penalty for contravention of section 33
Section51 - Penalty for making or recovering trade allowance
Section52 - Penalty for obstruction of officer and failure to obey order under section 43
Section53 - Penalty for contravening provisions of section 44
Section54 - Penalty for contravention of section 45
Section55 - General provision for punishment of offence
Chapter 11
Section56 - Liability of members or employees of Board or Market Committees
Section57 - Chairman, etc., of the Board and the Market Committee to be public servants
Section58 - Bar of suit in absence of notice
Section59 - Trial of offences
Section60 - Recovery of sums due to Government, Board, Market Committee and others
Section61 - Power of Administrator to delegate powers
Section62 - Power to exempt the Board, Market Committee, etc., from provisions of the Act
Section63 - Power to make rules
Section64 - Power to make regulations
Section65 - Bye-laws
Section66 - Power of Administrator to amend Schedule
Section67 - Power of Administrator to transfer assets, etc., in cases of Market Committees constituted for excluded areas under Bombay Act 22 of 1939
Section68 - Power to write off irrecoverable fees, etc.
Section69 - Revision
Section70 - Power to compound offences
Section71 - Power of the Committee and Chairman to impose penalties
Section72 - Repeal and saving
Section73 - Power to remove difficulties
Schedule1 - SCHEDULE