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RNI No. MAHENG/2009/35528

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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 Municipal Corporations and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and
Industrial Townships (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Mah. Act No. X of 2015), is hereby published under the authority
of the Governor.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
M. A. SAYEED,
Principal Secretary and R.L.A.
to Government,
Law and Judiciary Department.

MAHARASHTRA ACT No. X OF 2015.

(First published, after having received the assent of the Governor in the
Maharashtra Government Gazette , on the 6th April 2015).
An Act further to amend the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act and
the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and
Industrial Townships Act, 1965.
WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session ;

LIX of
1949.
Mah. XL
of 1965.
Mah. Ord.
XVIII of
2014.

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 Municipal Corporations Act and
the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial
Townships Act, 1965, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ; and, therefore,
promulgated the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and the Maharashtra
Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 on the 31st December 2014;

(1)
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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 Sixty-sixth Year of the
Republic of India as follows :
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
Short
title and
commencement.

1. (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations

and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial
Townships (Amendment) Act, 2015.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 31st December 2014.

CHAPTER II
AMENDMENT TO THE MAHARASHTRA
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT
Amendment
of section 5
of LIX of
1949.

2. In section 5 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, in LIX of

sub-section (3), for the portion beginning with the words elect as far as 1949.
possible and ending with the words as the number of Councillors to be
elected in his ward , the words elect only one Councillor shall be substituted.

CHAPTER III
AMENDMENT TO THE MAHARASHTRA MUNICIPAL COUNCILS,
NAGAR PANCHAYATS AND INDUSTRIAL TOWNSHIPS ACT, 1965
Amendment
of section
10 of Mah.
XL of 1965.

3. In section 10 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Mah.

Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act,1965, for sub-section (2), the XL of
1965.
following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :
(2) Each of the wards shall elect only one Councillor. .

CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Power to
remove
difficulty.

4. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of the

Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act or, as the case may be, the
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial
Townships Act, 1965, as amended by this Act, the State Government may, as
occasion arises, by an order published in the Official Gazette, give such
directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as may appear to
it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty :
Provided that, no such order shall be made after expiry of a period of two
years from the date of commencement of this Act.
(2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be,
after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature.

LIX of
1949.
Mah.
XL of
1965.

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Mah.
Ord.
XVIII of
2014.

LIX of
1949.
Mah.
XL of
1965.

5. (1) The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations and the Maharashtra

Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships
(Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, 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 Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act and the Maharashtra
Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965,
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
relevant Acts, as amended by this Act.

3
Repeal of
Mah. Ord.
XVIII of
2014 and
saving.

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SHRI PARSHURAM JAGANNATH GOSAVI, PRINTED
AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING,
STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004, EDITOR : SHRI PARSHURAM JAGANNATH GOSAVI.

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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 Municipal Corporations and the Maharashtra Municipal Councils,
Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Second Amendment) Act, 2015 (Mah. Act No. XIII
of 2015), is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.

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

M. A. SAYEED,
Principal Secretary and R.L.A. to Government,
Law and Judiciary Department.

o. X 2015.
(First published, after having received the assent of the Governor in
the Maharashtra Government Gazette , on the 7th April 2015).
An Act 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.
III
of 1888.
LIXof
1949.
Mah.
XL of
1965.

WHEREAS it is expedient 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; it is hereby enacted in the Sixtysixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :
(1)

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Short title.

Amendment
of section
5B of III of
1888.

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1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Municiapl Corporations and the
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships
(Second Amendment) Act, 2015.
2. To section 5B of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act (hereinafter III
referred to as the Mumbai Corporation Act ), the following provisos shall be added, of
1888.
namely:
Provided that, for the General or bye-elections for which the last date of
filing of nomination falls on or before the 31 st December 2017, in accordance
with the election programme declared by the State Election Commission, a
person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee for the verification of his
Caste Certificate before the date of filing the nomination papers but who has
not received the validity certificate on the date of filing of the nomination papers
shall submit, alongwith the nomination papers,(i) a true copy of the application preferred by him to the Scrutiny
Committee for issuance of the validity certificate or any other proof of having
made such application to the Scrutiny Committee; and
(ii) 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:
Provided further that, if the person fails to produce the validity certificate
within a period of six months from the date of his election, his election shall
be deemed to have been terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified
for being a Councillor. .

Amend3. To sub-section (2A) of section 37 of the Mumbai Corporation Act, the

ment of following provisos shall be added, namely :
section
Provided that, for the election for the office of the Mayor for which the
37 of III
last
date
of filing of nomination falls on or before the 31 st December 2017, a
of 1888.
person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee for the verification of his
Caste Certificate before the date of filing the nomination papers but who has
not received the validity certificate on the date of filing of the nomination papers
shall submit, alongwith the nomination papers,(i) a true copy of the application preferred by him to the Scrutiny
Committee for issuance of the validity certificate or any other proof of having
made such application to the Scrutiny Committee; and
(ii) 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:
Provided further that, if the person fails to produce the validity certificate
within a period of six months from the date of his election, his election shall be
deemed to have been terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified
for being the Mayor. .
Amendment
of section
5B of LIX
of 1949.

4. To section 5B of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act (hereinafter LIX

referred to as the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act ), the following of
1949.
provisos shall be added, namely :
Provided that, for the General or bye-elections for which the last date of
filing of nomination falls on or before the 31 st December 2017, in accordance
with the election programme declared by the State Election Commission, a
person who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee for the verification of his

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Caste Certificate before the date of filing the nomination papers but who has
not received the validity certificate on the date of filing of the nomination
papers shall submit, alongwith the nomination papers,
(i) a true copy of the application preferred by him to the Scrutiny
Committee for issuance of the validity certificate or any other proof of having
made such application to the Scrutiny Committee; and
(ii) 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:
Provided further that, if the person fails to produce the validity certificate
within a period of six months from the date of his election, his election shall be
deemed to have been terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified for
being a Councillor. .
5. To sub-section (1B) of section 19 of the Maharashtra Municipal Amendment
of section 19
Corporations Act, the following provisos shall be added, namely :
of LIX of

Provided that, for the election for the office of Mayor for which the last 1949.
date of filing of nomination falls on or before the 31st December 2017, a person
who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee for the verification of his Caste
Certificate before the date of filing the nomination papers but who has not
received the validity certificate on the date of filing of the nomination papers
shall submit, alongwith the nomination papers,
(i) a true copy of the application preferred by him to the Scrutiny
Committee for issuance of the validity certificate or any other proof of having
made such application to the Scrutiny Committee; and
(ii) 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:
Provided further that, if the person fails to produce the validity certificate
within a period of six months from the date of his election, his election shall
be deemed to have been terminated retrospectively and he shall be disqualified
for being the Mayor. .
Mah.
XL of
1965.

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

and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal
Councils Act ), in the first proviso, for the words, figures and letters before the
31st December 2013 the words, figures and letters before the 31 st December 2017
shall be substituted.

Amendment
of section
9A of Mah.
XL of 1965.

7. In section 51-1B of the Municipal Councils Act, in the first proviso, for
the words, figures and letters before the 31 st December 2013 the words, figures
and letters before the 31st December 2017 shall be substituted.

Amendment
of section
51-1B of
Mah. XL of
1965.

ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY SHRI PARSHURAM JAGANNATH GOSAVI, PRINTED AT
GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING,
STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004, EDITOR : SHRI PARSHURAM JAGANNATH GOSAVI.