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ACT I OF 1991 ACT I OF 1991 BALOCHISTAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE MARKETS ACT, 1991 An Act to provide for the better regulation of purchase and sale of agricultural produce and the establishment of markets for agricultural produce in the Balochistan Province [Gazette of Balochistan, Extraordinary, 25th November, 1991] No. PAB/Legis.III(3)/91, dated 25-11-1991.--The Balochistan Agricultural Produce Markets Bill, 1991 having been passed by the Province Assembly of Balochistan on 9th October, 1991 and assented to by the Governor of Balochistan, is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Assembly. 20. Market committee fund.--(1) All moneys received by a market committee shall be deposited into a fund to be called the Market Committee Fund. All expenditure incurred by a market committee under or for the purpose of this Act shall be defrayed out of the said fund and any surplus remaining after meeting such expenditure shall be invested in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) (a) Every market committee shall, out of its fund, pay to the Government in consultation with the market committee for giving effect to provisions of this Act in the notified market area. (b) The Government shall determine the cost of such special additional staff and shall where the staff is employed for the purposes of more market committees than one, apportion such cost among the committees concerned in such manner as they think fit. The decision of the Government determining the amount payable by any market committee shall be final. (3) Every market committee shall out of its fund pay to the Government such percentage of its income as may be prescribed, to be credited to a fund maintained and operated upon by the Government for purposes common to or in the overall interests of the market committees.