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Short title.
MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XXI OF 2022.
(First published, after having received the assent of the
Governor in the “Maharashtra Government Gazette”, on the
11th March 2022).
An act further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Act, the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act and the
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats
and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.
Whereas, it is expedient further to amend the Mumbai Municipal
Corporation Act, the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act and
the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and
Industrial Townships Act, 1965, for the purposes hereinafter
appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-third Year of the
Republic of India as follows :–
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. This Act may be called the Mumbai Municipal Corporation,
Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and Maharashtra Municipal
Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment)
Act, 2022.
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1888.
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1949.
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In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation
in English of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment)
Act, 2022 (Mah. Act No. XXI of 2022), is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
SATISH WAGHOLE,
I/c. Secretary (Legislation) to Government,
Law and Judiciary Department.
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CHAPTER II
AMENDMENT TO THE MUMBAI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT.
2. In section 19 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in
sub-section (1), in clause (a), for the words “State Election
Commissioner”, at both the places where they occur, the words
“State Government with the approval of the State Election
Commissioner” shall be substituted.
CHAPTER III
AMENDMENT TO THE MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT.
3. In section 5 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act,
in sub-section (3), for the words “State Election Commissioner” at
both the places where they occur, the words “State Government
with the approval of the State Election Commissioner ” shall be
substituted.
CHAPTER IV
AMENDMENT TO THE MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS, NAGAR
PANCHAYATS AND INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIPS ACT, 1965.
4. In section 10 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar
Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965, for sub-section (1),
the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :–
(1) Subject to the provisions of section 9,-
(a) the State Government shall with the approval of the State
Election Commissioner, from time to time, by an order published
in the Official Gazette, fix for each municipal area, the number
and the extent of the wards into which such area shall be divided :
Provided that, before the publication of any such order, the
State Government with the approval of the State Election
Commissioner shall cause to be placed on the notice board, in the
municipal office and in such other places in the municipal area
as it thinks fit, a draft of the order proposed to be made by it,
for the information of all residents of the municipal area and shall
cause a notice to be published in atleast one newspaper
circulating in the area announcing its intention to publish such
order and inviting all persons who entertain any objections to the
draft order aforesaid to submit the same to it in writing, with
reason therefor, within seven days from the date of publication
of the notice in the newspaper;
(b) the State Election Commissioner shall, by an order
published in the Official Gazette, specify the wards in which seats
are reserved for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the
Backward Class of Citizens and Women (including the number
of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes,
the Scheduled Tribes and the Backward Class of Citizens). The
State Election Commissioner shall, while passing any such order
for subsequent general elections, ensure that such seats are
reserved by rotation in different wards in the municipal area, so
that all the wards shall get the benefit of such reservation :
III
of
1888.
LIX of
1949.
Mah.
XL
of
1965.
Amend-
ment of
section 19
of III of
1888.
Amend-
ment of
section 5 of
LIX of
1949.
Amend-
ment of
section 10
of Mah. XL
of 1965.
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Provided that, before the publication of any such order, the
State Election Commissioner shall cause to be placed on the
notice board in his office, in the municipal office and in such other
places in the municipal area as he thinks fit, a draft of the order
proposed to be made by him, for the information of all residents
of the municipal area and shall cause a notice to be published in
atleast one newspaper circulating in the area announcing his
intention to publish such order and inviting all persons who
entertain any objections to the draft order aforesaid to submit
the same to him in writing, with reason therefor, within seven
days from the date of publication of the notice in the newspaper.
CHAPTER V
MISCELLANEOUS
5. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Mumbai Municipal
Corporation Act, the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act and
the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and
Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as “the said
Acts”) and the rules made thereunder, where the process to divide
the area of Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar
Panchayats into wards and to specify the boundaries thereof is
started or completed by the State Election Commissioner, before
the date of commencement of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation,
Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and Maharashtra Municipal
Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment)
Act, 2022, shall be deemed to be annulled and the process to divide
the area of Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils and Nagar
Panchayats into wards and to specify the boundaries thereof, shall
be done afresh according to the provisions of the said Acts as
amended by this Act.
Annulment
of process
to divide
area of
Municipal
Corporations,
Municipal
Councils
and Nagar
Panchayats in
wards.
III
o f
1888.
LI X
o f
1949.
Mah.
XL of
1965.
Mah.
XXI of
2022.
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.