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and form of Contract Farming Agreement. |
38. Contract Farming agreements shall be governed in the manner lay down
hereinafter.
(1)
Contract farming Sponsor shall register himself with the Market Committee
or with a prescribed officer in such a manner as may be prescribed.
(2)
The Contract Farming Sponsor shall get the contract farming agreement
recorded with the officer prescribed in this behalf. The contract farming agreement shall be in
such form containing such particulars and terms and conditions as may be
prescribed. Notwithstanding
anything contained in contract farming agreement, no title, rights, ownership or
possession shall be transferred or alienated or vest in the contract farming
sponsor or his successor or his agent as a consequence arising out of the
contract farming agreement.
(3)
Disputes arising out of contract farming agreement may be referred to an
authority prescribed in this behalf for settlement. The prescribed authority
shall resolve the dispute in a summary manner within
thirty days after giving the parties a reasonable opportunity of being
heard, in the manner prescribed.
(4)
The party aggrieved by the decision of the prescribed authority under
sub-section (3) of section 38 may prefer an appeal to an Appellant Authority
within thirty days from the date of decision. The Appellant Authority shall
dispose off the appeal within thirty days after giving the parties a reasonable
opportunity of being heard and the decision of the Appellant Authority shall be
final.
(5)
The decision by the authority under sub section (3) of section 38 and
decision in appeal under sub section (4) shall have force of the decree of the
civil court and shall be enforceable as such and decrial amount shall be
recovered as arrears of land revenue.
(6)
Disputes relating to and arising out of contract farming agreement shall
not be called in question in any court of law than otherwise provided herein
above.
(7)
The agricultural produce covered under the Contract Farming
agreement may be sold to the Contract Farming Sponsor out side the market yard and in such a
case, no market fees will be livable.
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