West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1972 (No. 35 of 1972). Country/Territory India Territorial subdivision West Bengal Document type Legislation Date 1972 (1981) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the regulation of marketing of agricultural produce in West Bengal. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition Keyword Agricultural commodities Internal trade Authorization/permit Indigenous peoples Food quality control/food safety Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract The Act provides the State Government the power to set up markets and constitute marketing committees. Additionally, 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. Market fees and licence fees shall be the major sources of income of market committees. Full text English Website www.lawsofindia.org