MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XXVII OF 2020.

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

“ Maharashtra Government Gazette ”, on the 12th October 2020).

An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960.

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 Co-operative Societies

Act, 1960, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; and, therefore,

promulgated the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2020 on the 10th July 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 :—

1.

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies

(Second Amendment) Act, 2020.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 10th July 2020.

Mah.

XXIV of

1961.

Mah.

Ord. XII

of 2020.

Short title

and

commencement.

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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 Co-operative Societies (Second Amendment) Act, 2020 (Maharashtra

Act No. XXVII 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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2.

In section 73AAA of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act,

1960 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), to sub-section (3), the

following proviso shall be added, namely :—

“ Provided that, if the election to the Committee of the society

could not be held for any reason not attributable to the members of

the Committee of such Society, the existing members of the Committee

shall be deemed to have continued till new committee is duly

constituted. ”.

3.

In section 73CB of the principal Act, in sub-section (15), after the

second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :—

“ Provided also that, where the election of the Committee of any

society which was due but has not been conducted before the date of

commencement of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Second

Amendment) Act 2020, then election of Committee of such society shall

be conducted,—

(a) within six months from the date of commencement of the

said Amendment Act ; or

(b) where the period within which such election should have

been conducted is extended by the State Government by general

or special order, then within six months from the date on which

such extended period expires:”.

4.

(1) The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (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.

Mah.

XXIV

of 1961.

Mah.

XXVII of

2020.

Amendment

of section

73AAA of

Mah. XXIV of

1961.

Amendment

of section

73CB of Mah.

XXIV of 1961.

Repeal of

Mah. Ord. XII

of 2020 and

saving.

Mah. Ord.

XII of

2020.

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.