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FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk,

Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032, dated the 12th December 2019.

MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No. XXVII OF 2019.

AN ORDINANCE

further to amend the Maharashtra Contingency Fund Act.

WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session ;

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that

circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate

action further to amend the Maharashtra Contingency Fund Act, for the

purposes hereinafter appearing ;

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In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in English of

the Maharashtra Contingency Fund (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 (Mah. Ord. XXVII of 2019), is

hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

RAJENDRA G. BHAGWAT,

Secretary (Legislation) to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

[Translation in English of the Maharashtra Contingency Fund (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2019

(Mah. Ord. XXVII of 2019), published under the authority of the Governor].

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Short title and

commencement.

Temporary

amendment of

section 2 of

XLVI of 1956.

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause

(1) of article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra

is hereby pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely :—

(1) This Ordinance may be called the Maharashtra Contingency

Fund (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2019.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

During the period of operation of this Ordinance, the Maharashtra

Contingency Fund Act shall have effect as if, in section 2 thereof, for

the words “ a sum of one hundred fifty crores of rupees ” the words

“ a sum of five thousand five hundred crores of rupees ” had been substituted.

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1956.

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STATEMENT

The corpus of the Contingency Fund of the State established and

maintained under the Maharashtra Contingency Fund Act (XLVI of 1956),

is one hundred and fifty crores of rupees.

As the State is facing natural calamity (damage to kharif crops)

on account of delayed monsoon withdrawal and cyclonic rainfall, the State

Government requires additional funds for providing relief and also requires

additional amounts for other court cases. These additional requirements could

not be met from the existing budgetary provisions for 2019-20. The total

requirements exceed the corpus of rupees one hundred and fifty crores

available in the Contingency Fund of the State.

The nature of this expenditure is unforeseen, hence, the necessary

budget provision is not available. These items of expenditure would constitute

“New Services” and, therefore, they are required to be brought to the notice

of the State Legislature. Necessary orders for making available funds for

the above-mentioned purposes can be issued only after the expenditure

on these “New Services” is brought to the notice of the State Legislature,

by way of Supplementary Demands and an Appropriation Bill, passed by

both Houses of the State Legislature, is published as an Act of the State

Legislature. However, as the expenditure for these items is required to be

incurred immediately, it has been decided to incur the expenditure by way

of withdrawal of advances from the Contingency Fund.

The present corpus of the Contingency Fund is only Rs.150 crores.

At present, the balance available is inadequate for meeting the expenditure

on the above-mentioned item and for other unforeseen and immediate items

of expenditure, which would be required to be met from the Contingency

Fund. It is, therefore, considered expedient to temporarily increase the existing

corpus by Rs.5350 crores to make the corpus of the Contingency Fund

of Rs. 5500 crores, so as to meet the expenditure, as aforesaid.

As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session and

the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which

render it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the

Maharashtra Contingency Fund Act (XLVI of 1956), for the purposes aforesaid,

this Ordinance is promulgated.

Mumbai,

BHAGAT SINGH KOSHYARI,

Dated the 12th December 2019.

Governor of Maharashtra,

By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,

MANOJ SAUNIK,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR,

RUPENDRA DINESH MORE, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD,

MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS,

21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.