17.       Powers and duties of market committee.  (1)  Subject to the provisions of this Act, it shall be the duty of a market committee - 

            (a)        to implement the provisions of this Act, the rules and the bye-laws made thereunder in the market area; 

            (b)        to provide such facilities for marketing of notified agricultural produce therein as the ¹[Managing Director] may, from time to time, direct; 

            (c)        to do such other acts as may be necessary in relation to the superintendence, direction and control of market or for regulating marketing of notified agricultural produce in any place in the market area, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, and for that purpose may exercise such powers and discharge such functions as may be provided by or under this Act. 

(2)        Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions a market committee shall - 

²(i)        construct, maintain and manage the market yards and sub-market yards and promote development of Haat Bazars in the market area]; 

(ii)        provide the necessary facilities for the marketing of agricultural produce in the market yard; 

(iii)       grant or refuse licences to the market functionaries and renew, suspend or cancel such  licences; 

(iv)       supervise the conduct of the market functionaries; 

(v)        regulate the opening, closing and suspending of trading in the market yards; 

(vi)       enforce the conditions of the licences; 

(vii)      regulate the making, carrying, out and enforcement or cancellation of agreement of sales, the weighment, delivery, payment and all other matters relating to the marketing of notified agricultural produce; 

(viii)      provide for the settlement of all disputes between the seller and the buyer arising out of any kind of transaction connected with the marketing of notified agricultural produce and all matters ancillary thereto; 

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