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(5) The market functionaries, as the Market Committee may by bye-laws specify, shall maintain account relating to sale and purchase ¹[or processing] in such forms and submit to the Market Committee such periodical returns as may be prescribed.

⁵["(6) No notified agricultural produce shall be removed out of the market yard, market proper or the market area as the case may be, except in accordance with a permit issued by the market committee, in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Bye-laws:

Provided that if any person removes or transports the processed product of notified agricultural produce from the market yard, market proper or the market area, as the case may be, such person shall carry with him the bill or cash memorandum issued under Section 43 of the Madhya Pradesh Vanijyik Kar Adhiniyam, 1994 (No.5 of 1995)."]

(7) The market Committee may levy and collect entrance fee on vehicles, plying on hire, which may enter into market yard at such rate as may be specified in the bye-laws.

³[19-B. Default in payment of market fees. - (1) Any person liable to pay market fee under this Act shall pay the same to the market committee within fourteen days of the purchase of the notified Agricultural produce or its import into the market area for processing and in default he shall be liable to pay the market fee together with the interest at the rate of twenty four percent per annum.

(2) If the person liable to pay the market fee and the interest under sub-section (1) fails to pay the same within one month, such person shall not be allowed to enter into further transactions in that market area or any other market area and the market fee with interest shall be recovered as arrears of land revenue and the licence of such person shall be liable to be cancelled.]

20. Power to order production of accounts and powers of entry, inspection and seizure. (1) ⁴[The Secretary of the Market Committee or any officer or servant of the State Government or the Board] empowered by the State Government in this behalf, may, for purposes of this Act, require any person carrying on business in any kind of notified agricultural produce to produce before him the accounts and other documents and to furnish any information relating to the stocks of such agricultural produce, or purchase, sale and delivery of such agricultural produce by such person and also to furnish any other information relating to payment of the market fees by such person.

1. Ins. by MP 24 of 1986 [21.7.86]

2. Omitted by M.P. 5 of 1990 [8.2.90]

3. Subs. by M.P. Act 27 of 1997 [15.6.1997] and re-Subs. by MP Act 11 of 1998[9.6.1998]

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