State Act

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

5C. Establishment of private market yard.— (1) Subject to such reasonable conditions and such fee as may be prescribed, the 19[State Marketing Officer or such officer as may be authorized by him] may grant a licence to a person to establish a private market yard, for trading of notified agricultural produce and livestock. (2) The private market yard licensee, or its management committee, by whatever name it is called, may register commission agents and other market functionaries to operate in the licenced private market yard. (3) The private market yard licensee, or its management committee, may collect user charge on notified agricultural produce and livestock transacted in the private market yards, at the rate ad valorem not exceeding the rate as notified by the Government: Provided that no user charge shall be collected from agriculturist seller. (4) The private market yard licensee shall contribute such user charge collection and registration fee, to the 20[Revolving Marketing Development Fund] for this purpose at the rate in percentage at par with Marketing Board. (5) The 21[State Marketing Officer] will spend the money from such Fund under sub- section (4) in development of common marketing infrastructure, skill development, training, research and pledge financing and such other activities as will aid in creating an efficient marketing system in the State/Country. (6) The private market yard licensee shall formulate a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for conduct of business and activities ancillary thereto in the licenced private market yard.