State Act

The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961

7-A. (1) The Secretary of the Board may for a particular crop or crops notify any enclosure or building or locality in a notified market area to be a seasonal market yard which shall be established, maintained and operated by market committee concerned primarily in the harvesting season of that particular crop or crops, as the case may be. (2) In the notified market yard under sub-section (1), the Market Committee concerned have to establish a market therein and provide such facilities for marketing of agricultural produce and also for persons visiting it in connection with the purchase, sale, storage, weighment and processing of agricultural produce concerned as the Secretary of the Board may direct from time to time.