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MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XIX OF 2020.

(First published, after having received the assent of the Governor in the

“Maharashtra Government Gazette”, on the 14th September 2020.

An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Regional and

Town Planning Act, 1966.

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

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that the

circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate

action further to amend the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act,

1966, for the purposes hereinafter appearing and, therefore, promulgated

the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020,

on the 31st August 2020;

Mah.

XXXVII

of 1966.

Mah.

Ord. XV

of 2020.

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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 Regional and Town Planning (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Mah. Act No.

XIX of 2020), 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.

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AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance by an Act

of the State Legislature; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-first Year of the

Republic of India as follows :—

1.

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Regional and Town

Planning (Amendment) Act, 2020.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 23rd March 2020.

2.

In section 26 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act,

1966 (hereinafter referred to as " the principal Act ”), in sub-section (1), in

the third proviso, in clause (ii), for the words “ in case of Municipal Corporation”

the words “ in case of Municipal Corporation or Planning Authority, as the

case may be, ” shall be substituted.

3.

In section 148-A of the principal Act, after the words “ in respect of

any election” the words “or due to enforcement of any Guidelines or lockdown

measures by the Government of India or the State Government, as the case

may be, to prevent the spread of any pandemic or epidemic or disaster

situation arising in the Country or State” shall be inserted.

4.

(1) The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2020, is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken

(including any notification or order issued) under the corresponding

provisions of the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be

deemed to have been done, taken or, as the case may be, issued under the

corresponding provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.

Short title and

commencement.

Mah.

XXXVII

of 1966.

Amendment of

section 26 of

Mah. XXXVII

of 1966.

Amendment of

section 148-A

of Mah.

XXXVII 1966.

Mah.

Ord. XV

of 2020.

Repeal of

Mah. Ord. XV

of 2020 and

saving.

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

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PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 EDITOR : DIRECTOR,

RUPENDRA DINESH MORE.