RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/40123
महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र
असाधारण भाग पाच-अ
वर्ष ९, अंक १(२)] सोमवार, फेब्रुवारी २७, २०२३/फाल्गुन ८, शके १९४४ [पृष्ठे ३ किंमत : रुपये ३६.००
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MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT
The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 27th February, 2023 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :-----
L. A. BILL No. II OF 2023.
A BILL
further to amend the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act.
III of 1959.
WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :—
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Village Panchayats (Amendment) Act, 2023.
2. In section 163 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, in III of 1959.
sub-section (1),—
Amendment of section 163 of III of 1959.
(a) in clause (i), for the words "with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or with fine which may extend to three hundred भाग पाच-अ---२---१
(१)२ महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग पाच-अ, फेब्रुवारी २७, २०२३/फाल्गुन ८, शके १९४४ rupees or with both", the words "with fine which may extend to one thousand five hundred rupees" shall be substituted ;
(b) in clause (ii), for the words "with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both", the words "with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees" shall be substituted.
महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग पाच-अ, फेब्रुवारी २७, २०२३/फाल्गुन ८, शके १९४४ ३STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The State Government has, upon request of the Government of India, undertaken a comprehensive review of all State Acts and Rules framed thereunder to eliminate the risk of imprisonment for citizens for minor violations with the objective of enhancing Ease of Doing Business and Ease of Living of Citizens.
2. For the above purposes, the State Government had constituted a Committee of Secretaries under the Chairmanship of Additional Chief Secretary (Industries) to recommend deletion or mitigation of existing imprisonment provisions or providing for compounding of offences in the Maharashtra State Acts or Rules framed thereunder after consultation with the concerned administrative Departments and authorities or institutions thereunder.
Accordingly, after such review, the Government considered it expedient to amend imprisonment and fine provisions contained in sub-section (1) of section 163 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959), suitably.
3. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objective.
Mumbai, GIRISH MAHAJAN,
Dated the 26th February, 2023. Minister for Rural Development.
Principal Secretary,
Vidhan Bhavan : RAJENDRA BHAGWAT, Mumbai, dated the 27th February, 2023. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
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.