Maharashtra Restoration of name Mumbai for Bombay Act, 1996
No: 25 Dated: Sep, 04 1996
THE MAHARASHTRA RESTORATION OF NAME “MUMBAI” FOR “BOMBAY” ACT, 1996
ACT No. XXV OF 1996
An Act to provide for restoration of the original name “Mumbai” for “Bombay” in certain State enactments.
WHEREAS the Government of Maharashtra has decided to restore the original name of the city as “Mumbai” for “Bombay” and use the same for all purposes ;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to amend certain State enactments for the purposes aforesaid ;
It is hereby enacted in the Forty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
1. Short title:- This Act may be called the Maharashtra Restoration of name “Mumbai” for “Bombay” Act, 1996
2. Amendment of certain enactments:- The State enactments specified in column (1) of the Schedule appended to this Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said Schedule”) are hereby amended to the extent and in the manner mentioned in column (2) thereof.
3. Construction of references to “Bombay” and “Greater Bombay”:- Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to the name “Bombay” or any reference to “Greater Bombay” appearing in the title or in the name of the area, corporation or authority in any of the enactments specified in the said Schedule, in any other State enactments, or in any rules, regulations, bye-laws, notifications or orders issued under any enactment, or in any instrument, shall, after the commencement of this Act, be construed as a reference to “Mumbai” or to “Brihan Mumbai” as the case may be
4. Validation and saving:- Nothing contained in section 3 restoring the name “Mumbai” in place of “Bombay” shall affect the previous operation of any notification, order, rule or bye-laws, issued or made or anything done or suffered under any State enactments as they exist on the day of commencement of this Act, or any right, privillege, obligation or liability already acquired, accrued or incurred under any such law.