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L. A. BILL No. II OF 2024.

A BILL

further to amend the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960.

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

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that

circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate

action further to amend the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960,

for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; and, therefore, promulgated the

Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024, on the

15th January 2024 ;

Mah.

XXIV of

1961.

Mah.

Ord. I of

2024.

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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 Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (L. A. Bill No. II of

2024), introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 26th February 2024, is hereby

published under the authority of the Governor.

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

SATISH WAGHOLE,

Secretary (Legislation) to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

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AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance by an Act

of the State Legislature ; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fifth Year of the

Republic of India, as follows :—

1.

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies

(Amendment) Act, 2024.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th January 2024.

2.

In section 73-ID of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960

(hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”) in sub-section (2), in the proviso,

for the words “ six months ” the words “ two years ” shall be substituted.

3.

(1) The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance,

2024, is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken

(including any notification or order issued) under the corresponding

provisions of the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be

deemed to have been done, taken or issued, as the case may be, under the

corresponding provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.

Short title and

commencement.

Amendment

of section 73-

ID of Mah.

XXIV of 1961.

Mah.

XXIV of

1961.

Repeal of

Mah. Ord. I of

2024 and

saving.

Mah.

Ord. I of

2024.

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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 (Mah. XXIV of 1961)

is enacted for the orderly development of the co-operative movement in the

State. Section 73-ID of the said Act provided that no requisition for a special

meeting of the committee for bringing the motion of no-confidence against

the officers of the societies shall be made within a period of six months from

the date on which the officer has entered upon his office.

2.

In order to ensure that, the officer of the society get sufficient period

to work for the management of society after his election, it was necessary to

enhance the said period from six months upto two years, within which such

requisition for a special meeting for bringing motion of no-confidence against

the officer of the society shall not be made. It was, therefore, considered

expedient to amend section 73-ID of the said Act, suitably.

3.

As both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session and the

Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances existed which

rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the

Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, for the purposes aforesaid,

the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024, (Mah.

Ord. I of 2024), was promulgated by the Governor of Maharashtra on the

15th January 2024.

4.

The Bill is intended to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the

State Legislature.

Mumbai,

DILIP WALSE-PATIL,

Dated the 15th February 2024.

Minister for Co-operation.

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.