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Gujarat Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1963 (No. 20 of 1964).

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Gujarat
Document type
Legislation
Date
1964 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the regulation of buying and selling of agricultural produce and the establishment of markets for agricultural produce in the State of Gujarat.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Agricultural commodities Internal trade Institution Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Act provides for the declaration of notified areas to regulate the purchase and sale of agricultural produce, livestock and livestock products in the State of Gujarat. The Act defines the internal organization of the market committees and their objectives which shall include the management of the markets in regulating the trade of notified agricultural produce. The committees shall be empowered to: issue licences to persons trading in notified agricultural commodities and who shall make their transactions only in the notified markets; and levy market fees from the purchasers of agricultural commodities. The Act also provides for the establishment of the Market Committee Fund for the acquisition and maintenance of market sites and the State Agricultural Produce Market Fund for subsidizing a market committee for the development of a market.

Full text
English
Website
www.lawsofindia.org

References - Legislation

Amended by

Gujarat Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment) Act, 2007 (No. 17 of 2007).

Legislation | India | 2007

Keyword: Internal trade, Agricultural commodities, Authorization/permit, Agricultural development, Royalties/fees

Source: FAO, FAOLEX