L. A. BILL No. XLVIII OF 2019.

A BILL

further to amend the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act.

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Municipal

Corporations Act, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted

in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

1.

This Act may be called the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations

(Amendment) Act, 2019.

LIX of

1949.

Short title.

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MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT

The

following

Bill

was

introduced

in

the

Maharashtra

Legislative

Assembly

on

the

19^th December, 2019 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :-

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2.

In section 5 of the Mahrashtra Municipal Corporations Act, in sub-

section (3), in the first proviso, after the words, brackets and figures “the

Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and the Maharashtra Municipal

Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Act,

2016” the words, brackets and figures “but till the day immediately preceding

the date of the publication of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations

(Amendment) Act, 2019 in the Official Gazette” shall be inserted.

Mah. IX

of 2017.

LIX of

1949.

Amendment

of section 5 of

LIX of 1949.

Mah. ... of

2019.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS.

Sub-section (3) of section 5 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations

Act (LIX of 1949), prior to enactment of the Maharashtra Act No. IX of 2017,

provided that each of the ward of the Muncipal Corporations shall elect only

one Councillor. By the said Act of 2017, sub-section (3) of section 5 of the

Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act was amended, so as to provide that,

each of the wards shall elect as far as possible four Councillors but not less

than three and not more than five Councillors, and each voter shall be entitled

to cast the same number of votes, as the number of Councillors to be elected

in his ward.

2.

After taking the review of the present position and for smooth

functioning and specific representation in wards as well as ensuring more

accountability in rapid development of the Corporations, the State Government

considers it expedient to provide that, each of the wards of the Municipal

Corporation shall elect, only one Councillor, by amending first proviso to

sub-section (3) of section 5 of the said Act, suitably.

3.

The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.

Nagpur,

EKNATH SHINDE,

Dated the 18^th December, 2019.

Minister for Urban Development.

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Vidhan Bhavan :

RAJENDRA BHAGWAT,

Nagpur,

Secretary (Incharge),

Dated the 19^th December, 2019.

Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

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

AT GOVERNMENT PRESS AND BOOK DEPOT, CIVIL LINES, NAGPUR-440 001 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY

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