RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/40123
महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र
असाधाराण भाग पाच-अ
वर्ष १२, अंक ८] गुरुवारा, माचष १२, २०२६/फाल्गुन २१, शाके १९४७ [पृष्ठे ८, किंकंमत : रुपये ३६.००
असाधाराण क्रमांक १२
प्राकिंधाकृत प्राकाशान
महाराष्ट्र किंवधानसभाेत व महाराष्ट्र किंवधानपरिरार्षदेत सादेरा केलेलेी किंवधाेयेके (इंग्रजी अनुवादे).
MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT
The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 12th March, 2026 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :—
L. A. BILL No. XVII OF 2026.
A BILL
to repeal certain enactments in the State of Maharashtra.
WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal certain enactments in the State of Maharashtra; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:—
1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Repealing Act, 2026.
Short title.
2. The enactments specified in Schedule A and Schedule B appended hereto are hereby repealed.
Repeal of certain enactments.
Saving.
3. (1) The repeal by this Act of any enactment shall not,—
(a) affect any other enactment in which the repealed enactment has been applied, incorporated or referred to ;
(b) affect the validity, invalidity, effect or consequences of anything already done or suffered, or any right, title, obligation or liability
(१)
भाग पाच-अ-१२-१२ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग पाच-अ, माचष १२, २०२६/फाल्गुन २१, शाके १९४७ already acquired, accrued or incurred, or any remedy or proceeding in respect thereof, or any release or discharge of or from any debt, penalty, obligation, liability, claim or demand, or any indemnity already granted, or the proof of any past act or thing ;
(c) affect any principle or rule of law, or establised jurisdiction, form or course of pleading, practice or procedure, or existing usage, custom, privilege, restriction, exemption, office or appointment, notwithstanding that the same respectively may have been in any manner affirmed or recognised or derived by, in or from any enactment hereby repealed ;
(d) revive or restore any enactment, jurisdiction, office, custom, liability, right, title, privilege, restriction, exemption, usage, practice, procedure or other matter or thing not now existing or in force.
(2) The repeal of the enactments specified in the Schedule B by this Act shall not affect the audit, examination, accounting, investigation, inquiry or any other action taken or to be taken in relation thereto by any authority and such audit, examination, accounting, investigation, inquiry or action could be taken and or continued as if the said enactments are not repealed by this Act.
I of 1904.
(3) The provisions of section 7 of the Maharashtra General Clauses Act, shall apply to the enactments repealed by this Act.
SCHEDULE A
(See section 2)
PART-A
Regulations
| Serial Number | Year | No. | Short Title |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 1825 | XI | The Bengal Alluvion and Diluvion Regulation, 1825. |
| 2. | 1827 | V | The Bengal Attached Estates Management Regulation, 1827. |
| 3. | 1827 | V | The Acknowledgements of Debts, Intrest, Mortgages Regulation, 1827. |
PART-B
Bombay Acts
| Serial Number | Year | No. | Short Title |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 1877 | XIV | The Broach and Kaira Encumbered Estates Act, 1877. |
| 2. | 1878 | V | The Bombay Abkari Act, 1878. |
| 3. | 1929 | XVIII | The Borstal Schools Act, 1929. |
| 4. | 1935 | XXIX | The Bombay Criminal Procedure (Elections Offences) Amendment Act, 1935. |
| 5. | 1936 | XX | The Maharashtra Opium Smoking Act. |
| 6. | 1939 | XXVI | The Bombay Fodder and Grain Control Act, 1939. |
| 7. | 1942 | XXX | The Bombay Cotton Control Act, 1942. |
| 8. | 1946 | XX | The Maharashtra Electricity (Special Powers) Act. |
| 9. | 1946 | XXVII | The Bombay Cotton (Statistics) Act, 1946. |
| 10. | 1947 | XXXIV | The Bombay Adjudication Proceedings (Transfer and Continuance) Act, 1947. |
| 11. | 1947 | LVIII | The Bombay Rationing (Preparatory and Continuance) Measures Act, 1947. |
| 12. | 1948 | LIX | The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948. |
| 13. | 1948 | LXXI | The Bombay Children Act, 1948. |
| 14. | 1949 | XLIV | The City of Bombay (Building Works Restrictions) Act, 1949. |
| 15. | 1951 | XXIV | The Bombay Wild Animal and Wild Birds Protection Act, 1951. |
| 16. | 1953 | XVII | The Gandhi National Memorial Fund (Local Authorities Donations) Act, 1953. |
| 17. | 1953 | XXIX | The Bombay Evacuee Interest (Separation) Validating and Supplementary Act, 1953. |
| 18. | 1957 | III | The Bombay Town Planning Schemes (Bombay City Nos. II, III and IV (Mahim Area) Validation Act, 1956. |
भाग पाच-अ-१२-१अ४ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग पाच-अ, माचष १२, २०२६/फाल्गुन २१, शाके १९४७
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 19. | 1957 | V | The Maharashtra Charged Expenditure Act. |
| 20. | 1957 | XXXIX | The Bombay Abolition of Whipping Act, 1957. |
| 21. | 1958 | LXIX | The Bombay Weights and Measures (Enforcement) Act, 1958. |
| 22. | 1958 | LXXVIII | The Judicial Officers' Protection (Extension to Hyderabad and Saurashtra Areas of Bombay State) Act, 1958. |
| 23. | 1959 | XXXIX | The Lepers (Bombay Unification) Act, 1959. |
| 24. | 1960 | XXI | The Bombay Statutory Corporations (Regional Reorganisation) Act, 1960. |
PART-C
Central Provinces and Berar Acts
| Serial Number | Year | No. | Short Title |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 1915 | II | The Central Provinces and Berar Excise Act, 1915. |
| 2. | 1919 | II | The Central Provinces and Berar Prevention of Adulteration Act, 1919. |
| 3. | 1929 | VIII | The Central Provinces and Berar Juvenile Smoking Act, 1929. |
| 4. | 1936 | XXXIV | The Central Provinces and Berar Highway Act, 1936. |
| 5. | 1942 | VI | The Central Provinces and Berar Hindu Women's Rights to Property (Extension to Agricultural Land) Act, 1942. |
| 6. | 1948 | XIII | The Central Provinces and Berar Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Regulation of Buildings) Act, 1948. |
| 7. | 1948 | XVII | The Central Provinces Reclamation of Lands (Eradication of Kans) Act, 1948. |
| 8. | 1950 | XXIV | The Central Provinces and Berar Official Languages Act, 1950. |
PART-D
Hyderabad Acts
| Serial Number | Year | No. | Short Title |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 1313 F | I | The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. |
| 2. | 1321 F | I | The Railways, Government Irrigation Sources and other Public Buildings Protection Act. |
| 3. | 1343 F | IX | The Hyderabad Children Protection Act. |
| 4. | 1347 F | I | The Hindu Widows' Marriage Act. |
| 5. | 1350 F | XII | The Hyderabad Court of Wards Act. |
| 6. | 1351 F | VIII | The Insolvency Act. |
| 7. | 1353F | IX | The Bhagelas Contracts Act of 1353 F. |
| 8. | 1358 F | XLIII | The Vetti and Begar (Prohibition) Regulation, 1358 Fasli. |
| 9. | 1950 | XXIX | The Hyderabad (Languages of Judgments and Orders) Act, 1950. |
| 10. | 1950 | XXXV | The Hyderabad District Officers (Change of Designation and Construction of References) Act, 1950. |
| 11. | 1952 | XII | The Hyderabad Jagirdars Debt Settlement Act, 1952. |
| 12. | 1952 | XXXVI | The Hyderabad Labour Housing Act, 1952. |
| 13. | 1952 | XLV | The Hyderabad Agricultural Improvement Fund Act, 1952. |
| 14. | 1953 | VII | The Evacuee Interest (Separation) Supplementary Act, 1953. |
| 15. | 1954 | II | The Hyderabad Agricultural Income Tax (Validity of Notices) Act, 1954. |
| 16. | 1956 | II | The Hyderabad Municipal Corporations Act, 1955. |
| 17. | 1956 | XVI | The Hyderabad Agricultural Debtors Relief Act, 1956. |
| 18. | 1956 | XX | The Hyderabad Local Government Service (Declaration as State Civil Service) Act, 1956. |
PART-E Madhya Pradesh Acts
| Serial Number | Year | No. | Short Title |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 1950 | XXXVII | The Madhya Pradesh Local Bodies Service Commission Act, 1950. |
| 2. | 1953 | V | The Madhya Pradesh Recovery of Arrears of Land Revenue and Rent Act, 1953. |
| 3. | 1956 | XVIII | The Madhya Pradesh State Co- operative Societies (Reconstitution and Formation) Act, 1956. |
SCHEDULE B
(See section 2)
Appropriation Acts
| Sr. No. | Year | No. | Short Title |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| 1. | 1950 | III | The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1950. |
| 2. | 1950 | LI | The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1950. |
| 3. | 1951 | IV | The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1951. |
| 4. | 1951 | V | The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1951. |
| 5. | 1951 | XXXV | The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1951. |
| 6. | 1952 | I | The Bombay (First Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1952. |
| 7. | 1952 | IV | The Bombay Appropriation (Vote on Account) Act, 1952. |
| 8. | 1952 | X | The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1952. |
| 9. | 1952 | XVIII | The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1952. |
| 10. | 1953 | I | The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1953. |
| 11. | 1953 | VI | The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1953. |
| 12. | 1953 | LI | The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1953. |
| 13. | 1954 | XIII | The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1954. |
| 14. | 1954 | XVII | The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1954. |
| 15. | 1954 | XLIX | The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1954. |
| 16. | 1955 | III | The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1955. |
| 17. | 1955 | IV | The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1955. |
| 18. | 1955 | XI | The Bombay Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 1955. |
| 19. | 1955 | XXXIII | The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1955. |
| 20. | 1955 | XLI | The Bombay Appropriation (Second Excess Expenditure) Act, 1955. |
| 21. | 1956 | IV | The Bombay (Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1956. |
| 22. | 1956 | XIV | The Bombay Appropriation Act, 1956. |
| 23. | 1956 | XXV | The Bombay Appropriation (Excess Expenditure) Act, 1956. |
| 24. | 1956 | XLIV | The Bombay (Second Supplementary) Appropriation Act, 1956. |
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
Several enactments in the Maharashtra are obsolete due to constitutional changes, state reorganisation, and enactments of new laws. References to them persist, causing ambiguity. Therefore, the State Government has undertaken the exercise of examining all the State Laws in force in the State of Maharashtra and decided to repeal the Bombay enactments, Bombay Regulations, Bengal Regulations, Central Provinces and Berar Acts, Hyderabad Acts and Madhya Pradesh Acts which are not in use.
Clause 3 of the Bill contains the provision for saving of certain actions as a precautionary provision which is usually included in the Acts of this kind.
2. The Bill intends to achieve the above objectives.
Mumbai, DEVENDRA FADNAVIS, Dated the 11th March, 2026. Chief Minister.
Vidhan Bhavan : JITENDRA BHOLE, Mumbai, Secretary-1, Dated the 12th March, 2026. 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.