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(3)        A person shall be disqualified for being a representative of agriculturist if he is disqualified for being an office bearer of a Panchayat under Section 36 of the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No. 1 of 1994).

(4)        No person shall be eligible for election from more than one market committee or constituency as the case may be.

¹[12.     Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman. - (1) The Chairman shall be chosen by direct election by the persons qualified to vote for the election of representatives of the agriculturists and traders in the prescribed manner:

            Provided that no person shall be eligible for election as Chairman unless he is qualified to be elected under sub-section (2) and (3) of Section 11-B.

(2)        The offices of the Chairman shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and the number of offices so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of such offices in the State as the population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the States bears to the total population of the State and these offices shall be allotted, by the Managing Director to the Market Committees in the prescribed manner.

(3)        Twenty five percent of the total number of offices of chairman shall be reserved for Other backward Classes and such seats shall be allotted in the prescribed manner by the Managing Director, to such Market Committees, which are not reserved for Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.

(4)        Not less than one third of the total number of offices of Chairman reserved under sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes, as the case may be.

(5)        Not less than one third (including the number of offices) reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes of the total number of offices of Chairman in the State shall be reserved for women and such offices shall be allotted by the Managing Director to different Market Committees in the prescribed Manner.

(6)        No person shall be eligible to contest election simultaneously for office of the Chairman and member.

(7)        If any market area fails to elect a Chairman fresh election proceedings shall be initiated to fill the office within six months:

            Provided that further proceedings for constituting the market committee shall not be stayed pending the election of Chairman:

            Provided further that pending the election of Chairman under this sub-section the Vice-Chairman shall discharge all the functions of the Chairman.

1.             Subs. by M.P. Act 27 of 1997 [15.6.1997]