Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Ordinance, 1978.

This Ordinance regulates the purchase and sale of agricultural produce. The Government may, by notification, declare an area to be a notified market area and shall exercise control over the purchase and sale of such agricultural produce. The Government shall, by notification, establish a market committee for every notified market area. The market committee concerned shall be the Authority to issue licences to dealers. Powers and duties of the market committees are set out in the Ordinance. A market committee may levy fees, not exceeding the maximum rates prescribed, on the agricultural produce bought or sold by or through a dealer in the notified market area. The Government may direct that all or any of the disputes, arising in a notified market area, shall be referred to a Board of Arbitrators constituted under this Ordinance. The Ordinance contains also penalty provisions and provisions of miscellaneous nature.