12. Powers of Central Government to issue instructions, directions, orders or guidelines.—
The Central Government may, for carrying out the provisions of this Act, give such instructions,
directions, orders or issue guidelines as it may deem necessary to any authority or officer subordinate
to the Central Government, any State Government or any authority or officer subordinate to a State
Government, an electronic trading and transaction platform or to any person or persons owning or
operating an electronic trading and transaction platform, or a trader or class of traders.
13. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings
shall lie against the Central Government or the State Government, or any officer of the Central
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Government or the State Government or any other person in respect of anything which is in good faith
done or intended to be done under this Act or of any rules or orders made thereunder.
14. Act to have overriding effect.— The provisions of this Act shall have effect, notwithstanding
anything inconsistent therewith contained in any State APMC Act or any other law for time being in
force or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law for the time being in force.
15. Bar of jurisdiction of civil court.—No civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit
or proceedings in respect of any matter, the cognizance of which can be taken and disposed of by any
authority empowered by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
16. Act not to apply to certain transactions.—Nothing contained in this Act, shall be applicable
to the Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations recognised under the Securities Contracts
(Regulation) Act, 1956 and the transactions made thereunder.
17. Power of Central Government to make rules.—(1) The Central Government may, by
notification by notification, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the forgoing power, such rules may
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:––
(a) the system of electronic registration for a trader and modalities of trade transaction of
scheduled farmers’ produce under sub-section (2) of section 4;
(b) the procedure of payment under proviso to sub-section (3) of section 4;
(c) the manner and procedure for filing a petition or an application before the Sub-Divisional
Authority and appeal before the appellate authority under sub-section (10) of section 8;
(d) the information regarding transactions under sub-section (2) of section 9;
(e) the form and manner and the fee payable for filing an appeal under sub-section (2) of
section 10;
(f) the procedure for disposing of an appeal under sub-section (3) of section 10;
(g) any other matter which is to be or may be prescribed.
18. Laying of rules.—Every rule made by the Central Government under this Act shall be laid, as
soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total
period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions,
and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions
aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule
should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect,
as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice
to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.
19. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of
this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such
provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act as may appear to it to be necessary for
removing the difficulty:
Provided that no order shall be made under this section after the expiry of the period of three
years from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before
each House of Parliament.
20. Repeal and savings.—(1) The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and
Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020 is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action under the said Ordinance, shall be
deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act.