Clause (iii)(b)(1) of section 17 provides as follows: 311 "S.17 A Committee shall, for the purpose of this Act, have the power to A . . . . . . . . . . . (iii) levy and collect: . . . . . . . . . . . (b) market fee, which shall be payable on transactions of sale of specified agricultural produce in the market area at such rates, being not less than one percentum and not more than one and half percentum of the price of the agricultural produce so sold, as the State Government may specify by notification, and such fee shall be realised in the following manner (1) If the produce is sold through a commission agent, the commission agent may realise the market fee from the purchaser and shall be liable to pay the same to the Committee ;" It is urged by Mr. Sorabjee, learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, that as the petitioners are only producers in respect of agricultural produce, they are not required to take out any licence in view of the proviso to section 9(1) of the Act.