Section 43 of THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETING (REGULATION) ACT,1989 (ACT NO. 6 OF 1990)

CHAPTER-VII CONSTITUTION OF AGRICULTURAL MARKETING BOARD AND ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS

Powers and

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Constitution

44. (1) The Government may, for co-ordinating the activities of /1 ofAgricultural Market Commrttees. and for exercrsrng. . sueh ather powers and BoardMarketing. performing such functions as are conferred or entrusted by or under this Act, constitute a Board to be called the Agricultural Marketing Board.

1. (2)The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued of its corporate name and shall be competent to acquire and hold property, both movable and immovable and to lease, sell or otherwise transfer any such property and to contract and to do all other things necessary for the purpose for which it is constituted.
2. (3)The Board shall consider a Chairman and such other members as may be appointed by the Government. *[CHAPTER VII-A CONTRACT FARMING Procedure and Form o 44.A {1} Contract Farming agreement shall be governed in the .71 contract farmiru manner laid down hereinafter. agreement
3. (2)Contact Farming Sponsor shall register himself with the Market Committee or with a prescribed officer in such a manner as may be prescribed.
4. (3)The Contract Farming Sponsor shall get the contract farming agreement recorded with the officer prescribed in this behalf. The contract farming agreement shall be in such form containing such particulars and terms and conditions as may be prescribed. Notwithstanding anything contained in contract farming agreement, no title, right ownership or possession shall be transferred or alienated or vest in the contract farming sponsor or his successor or his agent as a consequence arising out of the contractfarming agreement.
5. (4)Disputes arising out of contract farming agreement may be referred to an authority prescribed in this behalffor settlement. The prescribed authority shall resolve the dispute in a summary manner within thirty days after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard, in the manner prescribed.
6. (5)The party aggrieved by the decision of the prescribed authority under sub-section (4) may prefer an appeal to an Appellant Authority within thirty daysfrom the date ofdecision. The Appellant Authority shall dispose off the appeal within thirty days after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being heard and the decision of the Appellant Authority shall befinal. {6) The decision by the authority under sub-section {4} and decision in appeal under sub- section {5} shall haveforce of the decree of the civil court and shall be enforceable as· such and decretal amount shall be recovered as arrears ofland revenue.
7. (7)Disputes relating to and arising out of contract farming agreement shall not be called in question in any court of law than otherwise provided herein above. {8} The agricultural produce covered under the Contract Farming Agreement may be sold to the Contract Farming Sponsor outside the market yard and in such a case no market tees will be leviable.] *[Inserted by 2006 (Amd) Act (Act no 6 of 2006.s.4.] Chief Executive