RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528
महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र
असाधाराण भाग आठ
वर्ष १२, अंक १] बुधावारा, जानेवाराी २१, २०२६ / माघ १, शाके १९४७ ]पृष्ठे ३, किंकंमत : रुपये २७.००
असाधाराण क्रमांक १
प्राकिंधाकृत प्राकाशान
महाराष्ट्र किंवधानमंडळाचे अकिंधाकिंनयेम व राज्येपालांांनी प्राख्येाकिंपत केलांेलांे अध्येादेशा व केलांेलांे
किंवकिंनयेम आकिंण किंवकिंधा व न्येाये किंवभागाकडून आलांेलांी किंवधाेयेके (इंग्रजी अनुवादे).
In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in English of the Maharashtra Prevention of Begging (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Mah. Act No. I of 2026), 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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MAHARASHTRA ACT No. I OF 2026
(First published, after having received the assent of the Governor in the
"Maharashtra Government Gazette", on the 21st January 2026. )
An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Prevention of Begging Act.
X of 1960.
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Prevention of Begging Act for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
Short title.
1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Prevention of Begging (Amendment) Act, 2025.
2. In section 2 of the Maharashtra Prevention of Begging Act (hereinafter X of 1960.
referred to as "the principal Act"), in sub-section (1),—
Amendment of section 2 of X of 1960.
(a) in clause (iv), for the words and figures "the Bombay Children Act, 1948" the words, brackets and figures "the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015" shall be substituted;
Bom. LXXI of 1948. 2 of 2016.
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भाग आठ—१-१२ महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, जानेवाराी २१, २०२६/माघ १, शाके १९४७ (b) after clause (iv), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :-
2 of 2016.
"(iv-a) "Child Welfare Committee" means the Child Welfare Committee constituted under section 27 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015;" ;
(c) clause (vi) shall be deleted.
3. In section 3 of the principal Act, the words "a Juvenile Court" shall be deleted.
Amendment of section 3 of X of 1960.
Amendment of section 4 of X of 1960.
4. In section 4 of the principal Act, in sub-section (3), for the words and figures "section 61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898" the words and figures "section 58 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023" shall be
V of 1898. 46 of 2023. substituted.
5. In section 5 of the principal Act, sub-section (9) shall be deleted.
Amendment of section 5 of X of 1960.
Amendment of section 8 of X of 1960.
6. In section 8 of the principal Act, in sub-section (4), for the words and figures "section 488 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898" the words and figures "section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023" shall be
V of 1898. 46 of 2023. substituted.
7. In section 9 of the principal Act,-
(1) in sub-section (2),-
Amendment of section 9 of X of 1960.
(a) for the portion beginning with the words "to a Juvenile Court" and ending with the words "of that section", the following portion shall be substituted, namely :-
2 of 2016.
"to the Child Welfare Committee which shall deal with the Child as per the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015:";
(b) in the proviso, the words "a contagious leper or" shall be deleted;
V of 1898. 46 of 2023.
(2) in sub-section (3), for the words and figures "section 61 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898" the words and figures "section 58 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023" shall be substituted.
8. In section 26 of the principal Act,-
(a) in the marginal note, the words "leprosy patients and" shall be deleted;
Amendment of section 26 of X 1960.
(b) in sub-section (1), the words "or a leper", at both the places where they occur, and the words "or leper asylum" shall be deleted;
(c) in sub-section (2), the words "or is cured of leprosy" shall be deleted;
(d) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-
10 of 2017.
"(3) The provisions of section 18 of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 shall apply to every beggar confined in a mental hospital under sub-section (1) after the expiration of the period for which he was ordered to be detained; and the time during which a beggar is confined in a mental hospital under that sub-section shall be reckoned as part of the period for which he may have been ordered by the Court to be detained:
महाराष्ट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, जानेवाराी २१, २०२६/माघ १, शाके १९४७ ३Provided that, where the removal of a beggar due to unsoundness of mind is immediately necessary, it shall be open to the authorities of the Institution in which the beggar is detained to apply to a Court having jurisdiction under said Act, for an immediate order of committal to a mental hospital until such time as the order of the State Government can be obtained in the matter.".
9. In section 30 of the principal Act,-
Amendment of section 30 of X of 1960.
XI of 1890.
(a) in sub-section (2), for the words and figures "section 6B of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890" the words and figures "section 35 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960" shall be substituted;
59 of 1960.
XI of 1890. 59 of 1960.
(b) in sub-section (3), for the words and figures "section 15 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890" the words and figures "section 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960" shall be substituted;
XI of 1890.
59 of 1960.
(c) in sub-section (4), for the words and figures "section 15 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890" the words and figures "section 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960" shall be substituted.
45 of 1860. 45 of 2023.
Amendment of section 32 of X of 1960.
10. In section 32 of the principal Act, for the words "the Indian Penal Code" the words and figures "the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023" shall be substitued.
V of 1898.
46 of 2023.
11. In section 33 of the principal Act, for the words and figures "the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898" the words and figures "the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023" shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 33 of X of 1960.
V of 1898.
Amendment of section 34 of X of 1960.
46 of 2023.
12. In section 34 of the principal Act, for the words and figures "the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898" the words and figures "the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023" shall be substituted.
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.