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MAHARASHTRA ACT NO. XI OF 2023.

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

the “Maharashtra Government Gazette”, on the 23rd January 2023).

An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Police Act and

the Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulations) Act.

WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Police

Act and the Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulations) Act, for the purposes

hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-third Year of the

Republic of India, as follows :—

XXII of

1951.

XI of

1953.

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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 Police and Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulations) (Amendment)

Act, 2022 (Mah. Act No. XI of 2023), is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

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

MUGDHA A. SAVANT,

Draftsman-cum-joint Secretary to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1.

This Act may be called the Maharashtra Police and Maharashtra

Cinemas (Regulations) (Amendment) Act, 2022.

CHAPTER II

AMENDMENTS TO THE MAHARASHTRA POLICE ACT.

2.

In section 90A of the Maharashtra Police Act (hereinafter, in this

Chapter, referred to as “ the Police Act ”), in sub-section (1), for clause (i),

the following clause shall be substituted, namely :—

“ (i) for the first offence, with fine which may extend to three

thousand rupees ; ”.

3.

In section 118 of the Police Act, in sub-section (1), for clause (i), the

following clause shall be substituted, namely :—

“ (i) for the first offence, with fine which may extend to four thousand

rupees ; ”.

4.

In section 131 of the Police Act, in clause (b), sub-clause (ii) shall be

deleted.

CHAPTER III

AMENDMENTS TO THE MAHARASHTRA CINEMAS (REGULATIONS) ACT.

5.

In section 7 of the Maharashtra Cinemas (Regulations) Act

(hereinafter, in this Chapter, referred to as “ the Cinemas Act ”), in

sub-section (1), for the portion beginning with the words “shall be punished

with imprisonment” and ending with the words “ for the first such offence ”,

the following shall be substituted, namely :—

“shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty thousand

rupees and in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine which may

extend to five thousand rupees for each day during which the offence

continues after conviction for the first such offence”.

6.

In section 9 of the Cinemas Act, in sub-section (3), for the portion

beginning with the words “be punished with imprisonment” and ending with

the words “ for the first such offence ”, the following shall be substituted,

namely :—

“ be punished with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees

and in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine which may extend

to five thousand rupees for each day during which the offence continues

after conviction for the first such offence ”.

Short title.

Amendment

of section 90A

of XXII of

1951.

XXII of

1951.

Amendment

of section 118

of XXII of

1951.

Amendment

of section 7 of

XI of 1953.

XI of

1953.

Amendment

of section 9 of

XI of 1953.

Amendment

of section 131

of XXII of

1951.

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.