State Act

The Goa Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007

48[(49) Power to levy market fees (single point levy).— The Marketing Board shall levy and collect market fee from buyer in respect of notified agricultural produce including livestock bought by such buyer in the principle market yard or sub market yard(s) or market sub-yard(s) or anywhere in the State of Goa either brought from outside the State or from within the State, at such rate as may be notified by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette but not exceeding two percent ad valorem on transacted produce in case of non-perishable agricultural produce and not exceeding one percent ad valorem in case of perishable agricultural produce and livestock. Provided that market fees specified under this section shall not be levied for the second time, in whatever name it is called i.e. cess, user charge, service charge, etc., in any principal market yard, sub-market yard(s), market sub-yard(s), or anywhere in the State of Goa, private market yard, electronic trading platform within the State provided that market fee at applicable rate has already been paid on that notified agricultural produce in any principal market yard sub market yard(s), market sub-yard(s), private market yard, electronic trading platform within the State and the evidence to this effect has been furnished, by the concerned person that market fee has already been paid as aforesaid in the State: Provided further that in case of commercial transactions between traders, the market fee shall be collected and paid by the seller: Provided also that in case buyer is not licencee and seller is farmer, the liability of payment of market fee shall be of commission agent who will collect the market fee from buyer and deposit to the Marketing Board.]