(१)

URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Mantralaya, Madam Cama Marg, Hutatma Rajguru Chowk,

Mumbai 400 032, dated the 17th June 2026.

MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No. IX OF 2026.

AN ORDINANCE

further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, the Maharashtra

Municipal Corporations Act and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar

Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.

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

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that

circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action

further to amend the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, the Maharashtra

Municipal Corporations Act and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar

Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965, for the purposes hereinafter

appearing;

III of

1888.

LIX of

1949.

Mah.

XL of

1965.

RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528

महाारााष्ट्रट शाासन रााजपत्र

असाधाारण भााग आठ

वर्षष १२, अंक २८]

बुुधवाार, जून १७, २०२६/ज्येेष्ठ २७, शकेे १९४८

[पृष्ठे 4, किं�ंमत : रुपयेे २७.००

असाधाारण क्रमांं�क ६१

प्रााधि�कृृत प्रकााशन

महाारााष्ट्र वि�धाानमंडळााचेे अधि�नि�य

म व रााज्यपाालांं�नी प्रख्यापि�त केलेले अध्यादेेश व केलेले

वि�नि�य

म आणि� वि�धि� व न्याय वि�भाागाकडून आलेली वि�धेेयकेे (इंंग्रजी अनुवाद).

In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in

English of the Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026 (Mah. Ord. IX of 2026),

is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

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

SUPRIYA DHAWARE,

Secretary (Legislation) to Government,

Law and Judiciary Department.

(Translation in English of the Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026

(Mah. Ord. IX of 2026), published under the authority of the Governor).

भाग आठ-६१–१

महाराष्ट्रõ शासन रा

असाधारण भाग आठ, जून १७, २०२६/ज्येष्ठ २७, शके १९

NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of

article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra is hereby

pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely :—

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Ordinance may be called the Maharashtra Municipal Laws

(Amendment) Ordinance, 2026.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

CHAPTER II

AMENDMENTS TO THE MUMBAI

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT

2. In section 5B of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (hereinafter,

in this Chapter, referred to as “the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act”), after

the second proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely:-

“Provided also that, if such person is elected in the elections held on or

after the 15th January 2026 but on or before the date of commencement of the

Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, and he fails to

produce the Validity Certificate within a period of twelve months from the

date on which he is declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been

terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a Councillor.”.

3. In section 37 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, in sub-section

(2A), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely :—

“Provided also that, if such person is elected in the elections held on or

after 15th January 2026 but on or before the date of commencement of the

Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, and he fails

to produce the Validity Certificate within a period of twelve months from the

date on which he is declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been

terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a Mayor.”.

CHAPTER III

AMENDMENTS TO THE MAHARASHTRA

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT

4. In section 5B of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

(hereinafter, in this Chapter, referred to as “the Maharashtra Municipal

Corporations Act”), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be

added, namely :—

“Provided also that, if such person is elected in the elections held on or

after the 15th January 2026 but on or before the date of commencement of the

Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, and he fails to

produce the Validity Certificate within a period of twelve months from the

date on which he is declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been

terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a Councillor.”.

5. In section 19 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, in sub-section

(1B), after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely :—

“Provided also that, if such person is elected in the elections held on or after

the 15th January 2026 but on or before the date of commencement of the

Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, and he fails

to produce the Validity Certificate within a period of twelve months from the

date on which he is declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been

terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a Mayor.”.

Short title and

commencement.

Amendment of

section 5B of

III of 1888.

III of

1888.

Mah. Ord.

IX of 2026.

Amendment

of section 37

of III of 1888.

Mah.

Ord. IX

of 2026.

Amendment

of section

5B of LIX of

1949.

LIX of

1949.

Mah.

Ord. IX

of 2026.

Amendment

of section

19 of LIX of

1949.

Mah.

Ord. IX

of 2026.

महाराष्ट्रõ शासन रा

असाधारण भाग आठ, जून १७, २०२६/ज्येष्ठ २७, शके १९

CHAPTER IV

AMENDMENTS TO THE MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS,

NAGAR PANCHAYATS AND INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIPS ACT, 1965.

6. In section 9A of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar

Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (hereinafter, in this Chapter,

referred to as “the Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act”), after the second

proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely :-

“Provided also that, if such person is elected in the elections held on or

after the 2nd December 2025 but on or before the date of commencement of

the Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, and he

fails to produce the Validity Certificate within a period of twelve months

from the date on which he is declared elected, his election shall be deemed to

have been terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a

Councillor.”.

7. In section 51-1B of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils Act, after

the second proviso, the following proviso shall be added, namely :—

“Provided also that, if such person is elected in the elections held on or

after the 2nd December 2025 but on or before the date of commencement of

the Maharashtra Municipal Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, and he fails

to produce the Validity Certificate within a period of twelve months from the

date on which he is declared elected, his election shall be deemed to have been

terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for being a President.”.

Mah. XL

of 1965.

Amendment

of section 9A

of Mah. XL of

1965.

Mah.

Ord. IX of

2026.

Amendment of

section 51-1B

of Mah. XL of

1965.

Mah.

Ord. IX of

2026.

महाराष्ट्रõ शासन रा

असाधारण भाग आठ, जून १७, २०२६/ज्येष्ठ २७, शके १९

STATEMENT

Sections 5B and 37of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (III of 1888),

sections 5B and 19 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act (LIX of

1949) and sections 9A and 51-1B of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar

Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (Mah. XL of 1965) provides that

every person desirous of contesting election to a seat reserved for Councillor,

Mayor or President for persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes

or, as the case may be, Backward Classes of Citizens, shall submit, alongwith

the nomination papers, Caste Certificate issued by the Competent Authority

and the Validity Certificate issued by the Scrutiny Committee.

2. The candidates are however permitted, under the provisos to

abovereferred section to submit, alongwith the nomination papers for election to

a reserved seat, a true copy of the application preferred by him to the Scrutiny

Committee for issuance of the Validity Certificate or any other proof thereof;

and an undertaking that he shall submit, within a period of six months from the

date of his election, the Validity Certificate issued by the Scrutiny Committee.

The effect of failure to submit such Validity Certificate within specified period

of six months is termination of election of such persons with retrospective effect

and disqualification to hold the post of Councillor, Mayor or President, as the

case may be.

3. As elections to large number of municipalities have been held

simultaneously in the months of December 2025 and January 2026, the Scrutiny

Committees have been overburdened with the task of verification of caste

certificates and issuing Validity Certificates. Due to this, the elected councillors

in such elections are facing difficulties in obtaining Validity Certificates

in specified time limit. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that the elected

Councillors, Mayor and President who are yet to receive the Validity Certificates

due to pendency of their applications before the Scrutiny Committee, are not

disqualified for want of submission of Validity Certificates within a specified

time limit. It is, therefore, considered expedient to provide for extension of

further period of six months for submitting Validity Certificates by such elected

Councillors, Mayor and President in such elections, by suitably amending

abovereferred sections of relevant Municipal Laws.

4. As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session and the

Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render

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

Municipal Corporation Act, the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial

Townships Act, 1965, for the purposes aforesaid, this Ordinance is promulgated.

Mumbai,

JISHNU DEV VERMA,

Dated the 17th June 2026.

Governor of Maharashtra.

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

ASEEM GUPTA,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

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.