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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 Village Panchayats (Second Amendment) Act, 2020 (Maharashtra Act No. XXV of 2020)

is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

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

BHUPENDRA M. GURAO,

I/c. Secretary (Legislation) to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

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RNI No. MAHENG / 2009 / 35528

MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XXV OF 2020.

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

“Maharashtra Government Gazette”, on the 29th September 2020).

An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act.

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

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that

circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate

action further to amend the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, for the

purposes hereinafter appearing ; and, therefore, promulgated the

Maharashtra Village Panchayats (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 on the

25th June 2020 ;

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 :––

III of

1959.

Mah.

Ord. X

of 2020.

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Short title and

commencement.

Amendment

of section 151

of III of 1959.

III of

1959.

1.

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Village Panchayats

(Second Amendment) Act, 2020.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th June 2020.

2.

In section 151 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, (here-

inafter referred to as “the principal Act”) in sub-section (1), in clause (a),

after the proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely :––

“Provided further that, if due to natural calamity or emergency

or war or financial emergency or administrative difficulties or

epidemic disease, the panchayat elections could not be held by the

State Election Commission as per the schedule, then, the State

Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a

suitable person as the administrator on such panchayat.”.

3.

(1) The Maharashtra Village Panchayats (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Ordinance, 2020 is hereby repealed.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

provision of the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall

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

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

Mah.

Ord. X of

2020.

Repeal of

Mah. Ord. X of

2020 and

saving.

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.