(iii) levy and collect, — — U. P. ACT No. XXV of 1964 ]

1 [ (iii) levy and collect, — (a) such fees as may be prescribed for the issue or renewal of licenses ; and (b) market fee which shall be payable on transactions of sale of specified agricultural produce in the market area at such rates, being not less than one percentum and 2[not more than two percentum] of the price of the agricultural produce so sold as the State Government may specify by notification, and development cess which shall be payable on such transactions of sale at the rate of half percentum of the price of the agricultural produce so sold, and such fee or development cess shall be realized in the following manner :— (1) if the produce is sold through a commission agent, the commission agent may realize the market fee and the development cess from the purchaser and shall be liable to pay the same to the Committee; (2) if the produce is purchased directly by a trader from a producer, the trader shall be liable to pay the market fee and development cess to the Committee ; (3) if the produce is purchased by a trader from another trader, the trader selling the produce may realize it from the purchaser and shall be liable to pay the market fee and development cess to the Committee : Provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any judgment, decree or order of any court, the trader selling the produce shall be liable and be deemed always to have been liable with effect from June 12, 1973 to pay the market fee to the Committee and shall not be absolved from such liability on the ground that he has realized it from the purchaser ; Provided further that the trader selling the produce shall not be absolved from the liability to pay the development cess on the ground that he has not realized it from the purchaser ; (4) in any other case of sale of such produce, the purchaser shall be liable to pay the market fee and development cess to the Committee :

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