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CO-OPERATION, MARKETING AND TEXTILES

DEPARTMENT

Mantralaya, Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk,

Mumbai 400 032, dated the 22nd November 2022.

MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No. XI OF 2022.

AN ORDINANCE

further to amend the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing

(Development and Regulation) Act, 1963.

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

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that

circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate

action further to amend the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing

(Development and Regulation) Act, 1963, for the purposes hereinafter

appearing ;

Mah. XX

of 1964.

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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 Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation)

(Amendment) Ordinance, 2022 (Mah. Ord. XI 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.

[Translation in English of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Develop-

ment and Regulation) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2022 (Mah. Ord. XI of 2022), published under

the authority of the Governor.]

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Amendment

of section

13 of Mah.

XX of 1964.

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1)

of article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra is

hereby pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely :–

1.

(1) This Ordinance may be called the Maharashtra Agricultural

Produce Marketing (Development and Regulation) (Amendment)

Ordinance, 2022.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2.

In section 13 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing

(Development and Regulation) Act, 1963, in sub-section (1), in clause

(a), the words “whose names appear in the voter’s list for the concerned

constituency and” shall be deleted.

Mah. XX

of 1964.

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ment.

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STATEMENT

Section 13 of the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing

(Development and Regulation) Act, 1963 (Mah. XX of 1964) provides

for constitution of Agricultural Produce Market Committee consisting

of

representations

from

agriculturists,

traders,

commission

agents,

hamals and weighmen.

2. At present the Agricultural Produce Market Committees consists

of agriculturists elected from the agriculturist residing in market area

whose names appear in the voters list for the concerned constituency

and satisfy other criteria specified in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of

section 13 of the said Act. The Government considers it expedient

to provide that any agriculturist should have right to contest the

election of Agricultural Produce Market Committee irrespective of

whether his name appears in the voters list or not. Therefore, to

enable all the agriculturists residing in the Market area, fulfilling

the other criteria specified therein, to contest the election of Agricultural

Produce Market Committees, clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section

13 of the said Act is proposed to be amended suitably.

3. As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session

and the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exists

which render it necessary for him to take immediate action further

to amend the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Developement

and Regulation) Act, 1963, for the purposes aforesaid, this Ordinance

is promulgated.

Mumbai,

BHAGAT SINGH KOSHYARI,

dated the 22nd November 2022.

Governor of Maharashtra.

By order and in the name of the

Governor of Maharashtra,

ANOOP KUMAR,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

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.