State Act

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

54. Suspension or Cancellation of unified single trading licence granted/renewed under section 53.— (1) The 58[State Marketing Officer] or the Officer authorized by it may, after such inquiry as it/he deems fit to make and after giving, the licensee a reasonable opportunity of being heard, suspend or cancel a licence issued under section 53 on any of the following ground(s); namely:— (a) the licence has been obtained through willful misrepresentation or fraud; (b) the licensee himself or in collusion with other licensee(s) commits any act or abstains from carrying on his normal business in the market with the intention to willfully obstruct, suspend or stop the marketing of notified agricultural produce in any type of market and in consequence whereof, the marketing of notified agricultural produce has been obstructed, suspended or stopped; (c) the licensee is found to have contravened any of the provisions of this Act or the Rules or Bye-laws; (d) the licensee convicted of an offence punishable under this Act or Rules or regulations; (e) the licensee become insolvent; or (f) the licensee incurs any disqualification as prescribed. (2) The licensee shall forthwith produce the suspended/cancelled licence in the office of the 59[State Marketing Officer] for being endorsed in such manner as prescribed and shall not be entitled to claim on account of such suspension/cancellation any compensation and/or refund of the whole or any part of the licence fee.