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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. 37. Trial of offences.--(1) No offence made punishable by this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder shall be tried by a Court inferior to that of Magistrate of the First Class. (2) Prosecutions under this Act may be instituted by a person duly authorized by a resolution of the market committee in this behalf. (3) All fines recovered from an offender shall be credited to the market committee fund. (4) A market committee may, by a resolution compound any offence and may exercise this power at any time before directing prosecution, or where a prosecution has been instituted, before the case is finally disposed of by the trying Magistrates.