State Act

The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961

1[23-A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any judgement, decree or order of any court, it shall be lawful for a Committee to retain the fee levied and collected by it from licensee in excess of that leviable under section 23, if the burden of such fee was passed on by the licensee to the next purchaser of the agricultural produce in respect whereof such fee was levied and collected. (2) No suit or other proceedings shall be instituted, maintained or continued in any court for the refund of whole or any part of the fee retained by a Committee under sub-section (1) and no court shall enforce any decree or order directing the refund of whole or any part of such fee. (3) If any dispute arises as to the refund of any fee retained by a Committee by virtue of sub-section (1), and the question is whether the burden of such fee was passed on by the licensee to the next purchaser of the concerned agricultural produce, it shall be presumed unless proved otherwise that such burden was so passed on by the licensee. (4) If any amount of fee retainable by a Committee under sub-section (1) has been refunded to any licensee, the same shall be recoverable by the Committee in the manner indicated in sub-section (2) of section 41. (5) The provisions of this section shall not affect the operation of section 6 of the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Amendment and Validation) Act, 1976.]