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L. A. BILL No. II OF 2023.

A BILL

further to amend the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act.

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 :—

1.

This Act may be called the Maharashtra Village Panchayats

(Amendment) Act, 2023.

2.

In section 163 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, in

sub-section (1),—

(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

III

of 1959.

Short title.

Amendment

of section 163

of III of 1959.

III

of 1959.

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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 :-----

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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.

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STATEMENT 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.

Vidhan Bhavan :

RAJENDRA BHAGWAT,

Mumbai,

Principal Secretary,

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.