Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes (Amendment) Act, 2016
No: 4 Dated: Jan, 11 2017
Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes Act, 2016
Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes (Amendment) Act, 2016
ACT No. IV OF 2017
An Act to amend the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes Act, 2016.
Whereas, both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session ; And Whereas, the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action to amend the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes Act, 2016; for the purposes hereinafter appearing; and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016, on the 17th September 2016, the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 2016, on the 30th September 2016 and the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 2016, on the 17th November 2016;
And Whereas it is expedient to replace the said Ordinances by an Act of the State Legislature;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes (Amendment) Act, 2016.
(2) (i) Section 1, clause (i) of section 2 and section 5 shall be deemed to have been come into force with effect from the 26th April 2016;
(ii) clause (ii) of section 2, sections 3 and 4 shall be deemed to have been come into force with effect from the 30th September 2016.
2. Amendment of section 2 of Mah. XVI of 2016:- In section 2 of the Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears in Disputes Act, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal Act”), in sub-section (1),—
(i) in clause (2), for the words “and stay in full or part has been granted by the appellate authority under the relevant Act or, as the case may be, by”, the words “before the appellate authority under the relevant Act or” shall be substituted; and
(ii) in clause (2), as so amended by sub-clause (i) above, for the figures, letters and word “30th September 2016” the figures, letters and word “30th November 2016” shall be substituted.
3. Amendment of section 4 of Mah. XVI of 2016:- In section 4 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) The applicant who desires to settle the arrears in dispute shall submit the application to the designated authority, upto the 30th November 2016 in such form and in such manner, as may be prescribed :
Provided that, the proof of payment of the requisite amount determined as per sub-section (1) or (2) of section 6 of this Act shall be submitted on or before the date prescribed in this behalf.”.
4. Amendment of section 5 of Mah. XVI of 2016:-In section 5 of the principal Act, for the figures, letters and word “30th September 2016” the figures, letters and word “30th November 2016” shall be substituted.