GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA 

LAW AND JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT 

MAHARASHTRA ACT No. I OF 1977. 

THE MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE  
MEMBERS’ PENSION ACT, 1976. 

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THE MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE MEMBERS’ 
PENSION ACT, 1976 

PREAMBLE.  

SECTIONS. 

CONTENTS  

  1.  Short title and commencement. 

  2.  Definitions. 

  3.  Pension payable to members. 

  4.  Pension to be held in abeyance or to be reduced in  

certain circumstances. 

4A.  Pension payable to widow, widower or minor children 

  of member. 

  5.  Power to makes rules and orders. 

  6.  Decisions on questions relating to pension. 

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MAHARASHTRA ACT No. I OF 19771 

[ THE MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE MEMBERS’ PENSION ACT, 1976 ] 

(This  Act  received  the  assent  of  the  Governor  on  29th  December  1976,  assent  was  first  published  on 

5th January 1977 in Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV). 

  Amended by Mah. 15 of 1977. 

Amended by Mah. 22 of 1996 (26-8-1996)2  

  Amended by Mah. 53 of 1977. (1-4-1977)3 

Amended by Mah. 32 of 1999 (1-5-1999)4 

  Amended by Mah. 29 of 1981. 

Amended by Mah. 15 of 2000 (11-1-2000)5 

  Amended by Mah. 72 of 1981 (l-4-1981)6 7 

Amended by Mah. 47 of 2000 (1-9-2000)8 

  Amended by Mah. 41 of 1986 (11-12-1986)9  

Amended by Mah. 25 of 2003 (1-1-2003)10 

  Amended by Mah. 3 of 1989 (1-7-1989)11 12 

Amended by Mah. 15 of 2006 (4-5-2006)13 

  Amended by Mah. 34 of 1989 (27-10-1989)14 

Amended by Mah. 46 of 2006 (29-12-2006)15 

  Amended by Mah. 5 of 1991 (1-6-1990)16  

Amended by Mah. 1 of 2007 (5-1-2007)17 

  Amended by Mah. 19 of 1993 (10-5-1993)18  

Amended by Mah. 26 of 2007 (10-8-2007)19 

  Amended by Mah. 6 of 1994 (1-8-1993)20  

Amended by Mah. 20 of 2008 (9-5-2008)21 

Amended by Mah. 24 of 2008 (1-5-2008)22 

Amended by Mah. 18 of 2009 (1-7-2009)23 

Amended by Mah. 23 of 2011 (30-4-2011)24 

Amended by Mah. 24 of 2013 (21-8-2013)25 

Amended by Mah. 32 of 2016 (24-8-2016)26 

1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Maharashtra Government Gazette, 1976, Part-V, Extra, pp. 612-617. 
2 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
3 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
4 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
5 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
6 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
7 Section 1(2) of Mah. 72 of 1981, provides as follows :— 

“ (2) The whole of this Act, except sections 3 and 9 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st April 1981. Sections 3 and 9 
shall come into force on the date of publication of this Act in the Official Gazette.” This Act was published in the Official Gazette on 
the 29th December 1981. 

8 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
9 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
10 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
11 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
12 Section 3 of Mah. 3 of 1989 reads as under :— 

“3. Removal of doubt.—For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that the provisions of Explanation II and III to clause 
(2)  of  section  2  of  the  principal  Act,  as  amended  by  this  Act,  shall  be  deemed  to  take  effect  on  the  19th  day  of  July  1987,  and  a 
member who by virtue of these provisions become eligible for payment of pension shall subject to the provisions of sections 3, 4 and 
6 of the principal Act and the rules  made thereunder, be entitled also to the payment of arrears of  such pension with effect from 
19th day of July 1987.”. 

13 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
14 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
15 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
16 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
17 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
18 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
19 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
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24 This indicates the date of commencement of Act. 
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Maharashtra Legislature Members’ Pension Act, 1976 

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An Act to provide for payment of pension to persons who have served as members of any State 

Legislature in Maharashtra. 

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for payment of pension to persons who have served as members of 

any  State  Legislature  in Maharashtra  and  for  other  matters  connected  therewith ;  It  is  hereby  enacted  in 

the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :— 

1.    Short  title  and  commencement.—(1)  This  Act  may  be  called  the  Maharashtra  Legislature 

Members' Pension Act, 1976. 

(2)  It  shall  come  into  force  on  1such  date  as  the  State  Government  may  by  notification  in  the  Official 

Gazette, appoint. 

2.   Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(1) “ member of the State Legislature ” means a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly or 

the Maharashtra Legislative Council and includes— 

(a) a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly, the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly or 

the Hyderabad Legislative  Assembly,  elected  to  any  of  those  Assemblies,  on  or  after  the  earliest  date 

on  which  all  constituencies  of  any  of  those  Assemblies  were  called  upon  to  elect  members  in  1952 

(hereinafter in this clause referred to as “ the said date ”) — 

(i) if as a sitting member, he continued as a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly or 

was  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to  that  Assembly  under  the  States  Reorganisation  Act,  1956 

(XXXVII of 1956) ; or 

(ii) if  as  a  sitting  member,  he  continued  to  be  a  member  of  the  Maharashtra  Legislative 

Assembly  or  was  deemed  to  be  elected  to  that  Assembly  under  the  Bombay  Reorganisation  Act, 

1960 (XI of 1960) ; 

(b)  a  member  of  the  Bombay  Legislative  Assembly, nominated  to  that  Assembly,  on  or  after  the 

said date2*    *    * ; 

(c)  a  member  of  the  Bombay  Legislative  Council  elected  to  that  Council,  on  or  after  the  said 

date,— 

(i) if  as  a  sitting  member,  he  continued  as  a  member  of  the  Bombay  Legislative  Council  or 

was  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to  that  Council  under  the  States  Reorganisation  Act,  1956 

(XXXVII of 1956) ; or 

(ii) if as a sitting member, he continued as a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Council 

or  was  deemed  to  have  been  elected  to  that  Council  under  the  Bombay  Reorganisation  Act, 

1960 (XI of 1960) ; 

(d) a member of the Bombay Legislative Council, nominated to that Council, on or after the said 
date, 3**** 4[and shall also include any person who was, on or after the 1st January 1946, an elected or 
nominated  member  of  any  Legislative  Assembly  or  Legislative  Council  (by  whatever  name  called) 

1 1st April 1977 vide G.N., L.A.D., No. PEN. 1077/52-111, dated 1st April 1976, published in Maharashtra Government Gazette, 1977, 

Part IV-B, Extra., Page 156. 

2   The  words  “ if  such  member  was  during  the  period  of  his  membership  permanently  residing  in  any  area  which  forms  part  of  the 

State of Maharashtra ” were deleted by Mah. 53 of 1977, s. 2(a). 

3 The words “ if such member was during the period of his membership permanently residing in any area which forms part of 

the State of Maharashtra ” were deleted by Mah. 53 of 1977, s. 2(a). 
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constituted for any Province or any State (including an Indian State), the area of which, or any portion 
thereof, falls in any part of the State of Maharashtra,— 

(A)  if  he  was  elected  to  represent  any  territorial  constituency  of  any  such  Assembly  or 
Council,  the  area  of  which,  or  any  portion  thereof,  also  falls  in  any  part  of  the  State  of 

Maharashtra ; 

(B)  if he  was  elected  to  represent  any  constituency,  other  than  a  territorial  constituency or 
he was a nominated member, the place where he was residing or carrying on his business, at the 
time  of  his  election  or  nomination,  as  the  case  may  be,  to  any  such  Assembly  or  Council,  is 

situated in any part of the State of Maharashtra;] 

(2) “ term of office ” in relation to a member of the State Legislature, means the period begining 
with  the  date  of  publication  of  the notification  of  his  election  or  nomination  as  a  member  and  ending 
with the date on which his seat becomes vacant. 

Explanation  I.—Where  a  general  election  to  the  Assembly  is  held  and  election  does not  take  place  in 
any  constituency  for  any  reason  and  a  member  is  elected  in  that  constituency  at  the  election  held 
subsequently, in his case the term of office shall be deemed to have begun on the date on which the results 
of the general election in other constituencies are published in the Official Gazette. 

Explanation  II.—Where  any  member  of  the  State  Legislature  had  resigned  his  seat  for  any  cause  or 

causes approved by the State Government in this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette, then for the 
purpose of calculating his term of office, the period during which he would have continued to be a member, 

but  for  his  resignation,  shall  be  taken  into  consideration  and  he  shall  be  deemed  to  have  served  as  a 

member for that period also : 

Provided that, the maximum period which shall be taken into consideration accordingly shall not 

exceed six months in the case of any member : 

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[Provided further that, resignation by a member of his seat in support of the agitation for formation of 
the  unilingual  State  of  Maharashtra,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  for  a  cause  approved  for  the  purposes  of  this 

Explanation,  and  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  the  first  proviso  in  the  case  of  member  who  has 
resigned  his  seat  for  such  cause,  the  period  during  which  such  member  would  have  continued  to  be  a 

member, but for his resignation, shall be taken into consideration while calculating the term of office of such 

member and he shall be deemed to have served as a member for that period also.] 

2[ Explanation III.—Where any Assembly is dissolved earlier, but not earlier than six months prior to 
the  date  on  which  its  duration  would  have  expired  under  the  provisions  of  clause  (1)  of  article  172  of  the 

Constitution of India, then for the purpose of calculating the term of office of any member thereof, the period 
during which he would have continued to be a member of the Assembly if it had not been dissolved earlier, 

shall be taken into consideration, and he shall be deemed to have served as a member for that period also : 

3[ Provided  that,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this  Explanation,  in  the  case  of  a  sitting 
member on the 17th day of February 1980, being the date on which the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 
was dissolved, the period during which such member would have continued to be a member of the Assembly, 

if it had not been so dissolved, shall be taken into consideration while calculating the term of office of such 

member, and he shall be deemed to have served as a member for that period also : ] 

1 This proviso was deemed to have been added with effect from the 19th July 1987 by Mah. 3 of 1989, s. 2(a). 
2 Explanations III and IV were added by Mah. 53 of 1977, s. 2(b). 
3 This proviso was deemed to have been added with effect from the 19th July 1987 by Mah. 3 of 1989, s. 2(b). 

 
 
                                                   
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1[ Provided  further  that,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  this  Explanation,  in  the  case  of  sitting 
member on the 15th day of July 1991, being the date on which the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly was 
dissolved, the period during which such member would have continued to be a member of the Assembly, if it 
was not so dissolved, shall be taken into consideration while calculating the term of office of such member, 

and he shall be deemed to have served as a member for that period also.] 

Explanation IV.—Where the term of office of any member of the Bombay Legislative Council referred 
to in paragraphs (c) and (d) of clause (1) was curtailed under section 156 of the Representation of the People 
Act,  1951  (43  of  1951),  and  he  was  made  to  retire  before  the  expiry  of  his  normal  term  of  office,  then  the 
period  during  which  he  served  as  such  member  shall,  notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  section  3  of 
this Act, be taken into consideration, and he shall be paid a pension of 2[ 3three hundred rupees] per month 
for every period of one complete year he served as such member. ] 

3.   Pension payable to members.—4 [(1) There shall be paid a pension of 5[fifty thousand rupees ]  
per  month  to  every  person  who  on  his  election  or  nomination  as  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  has 
taken or takes oath as such member of either House of State Legislature : 

6[Provided  that,  where  any  person  has  served  as  a  member  for  a  period  exceeding  five  years,  there 
shall be paid to him an additional pension of 7[two thousand rupees] per month for every year in excess of 
five years : ] 

Provided  further  that,  if  any  such  person  becomes  8[disqualified  for  being  a  Member  of  the  State 
Legislature under clause  (1) of  article  191  of  the  Constitution  of  India], he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive 

such pension.] 

(2)  In  computing  the  number  of  years  for  the  purpose  of  sub-section  (1),  the  period  during  which  a 

person has served as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a Legislative Council or Speaker or Deputy Speaker 
of a Legislative Assembly or as Minister, Minister of State, Deputy Minister or Parliamentary Secretary or 

in  more  than  one  of  those  capacities  by virtue  of  his  membership  in  the  Council  or  in  the  Assembly,  shall 

also be taken into account. 

4.   Pension to be held in abeyance or to be reduced in certain circumstances.—(1) Where any 

person entitled to pension under section 3,— 

(a) is elected to the office of the President or Vice-President of India or is appointed to the Office of 

the Governor of any State or the Administrator of any Union Territory ; or 

(b)  becomes  a  member  of  the  Council  of  States  or  the  House  of  the  People  or  any  Legislative 

Assembly of a State or Union Territory or any Legislative Council of a State ; or 

(c)  is  employed  on  a  salary  under  the  Central  Government  or  any  State  Government,  or  any 

corporation  owned  or  controlled  by  the  Central  Government  or  any  State  Government,  or  any  local 

authority or otherwise receives any remuneration from such Government, corporation or local authority, 

such person shall not be entitled to any pension under section 3 for the period during which he continues to 

hold  office,  or  continues  as  such  member,  or  is  so  employed,  or  continues  to  receive  such  remuneration : 

1 This proviso was added by Mah. 15 of 2000, s. 2. 
2 These words were substituted for the words “ sixty rupees ” by Mah. 41 of 1986, s. 2 
3 For the words “ one hundred ” the words “ two hundred ” were substituted with effect from the 1st June 1990, and for the words “ two         

hundred ” as so substituted  these words were substituted, with effect from the 1st August 1993 by Mah. 22 of 1996, s. 2.. 

4 Sub-section (1) was substituted by Mah. 47 of 2000, s. 2. 
5 These words were substituted for the words “ forty thousand rupees ” by Mah. 32 of 2016, s. 13. 
6 This proviso was substituted by Mah. 1 of 2007, s. 2. 
7 These words were substituted for the words “ one thousand rupees ” by Mah. 24 of 2013, s. 2(b). 
8 These  words  shall  be  deemed  to  have  been  substituted  with  effect  from  the  1st  September  2000,  for  the  words  “ disqualified  as  a 

member of the State Legislature ” by Mah. 46 of 2006, s. 2. 

 
 
 
 
 
                                                   
 
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1[Provided that, where the salary payable to such person for holding such office or being such member 
or  so  employed,  or where  the remuneration referred  to  in clause  (c)  paid  to  such  person,  is,  in  either  case, 
less  than  the  pension  payable  to  him  under  section  3,  such  person  shall  be  entitled  only  to  receive  the 
balance of pension under that section. ] 

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4  [(3)  Nothing  in  this  Act  shall  affect  the right of  any  member  of  the  State  Legislature  to receive  any 
pension from the Central Government or any State Government or any Corporation owned or controlled by 
the Central Government or the State Government or any local authority, under any law or otherwise, or any 
pension from the Central Government or any State Government as a freedom fighter.] 

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5[4A.    Pension  payable  to  6[widow,  widower  or  minor  children  of  member.].—(1)  With  effect 
from the 1st day of August 1988 there shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be paid a pension of 
one thousand rupees per month to the 7[widow], if any, of any member who dies during his term of office as 
such member, for a period of five years from the date of his death. 

(2) With effect from 8[the 1st July 2009] where a member who is drawing pension or is entitled to draw 
any  pension  as  such  member  under  this  Act  dies,  then  the  9[widow  or  widower],  if  any,  of  such  member 
shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be paid pension per month at the rate of fifty per cent. of 
the amount of pension payable to such member on the date of his death 10[or 11[ rupees seven thousand five 
hundred ] whichever is more ]. 

12[ (2A) With effect from 13[the 1st July 2009], there shall subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), be 
paid to the 14[ widow or widower ] of a member who was drawing pension or was entitled to draw pension as 
such member under this Act and who died before the 1st day of June 1990, a pension per month at the rate 
of fifty per cent. of the amount of pension payable to such member on the date of his death 15[ or 16[ rupees 
seven thousand five hundred ], whichever is more ].  

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18[  (2B)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-sections  (1),  (2)  or  (2A),  but  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  sub-section  (3),  there  shall  be  paid  a  pension  to  the  widow  or  widower  of  the  member  of  the 
State Legislature, who was not entitled to pension under the Act, 19[with effect from 20[ the 1st July 2009, at 
the rate of rupees seven thousand five hundred per month.] ] 

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(2C) With effect from the 1st January 2006, where the widow or the widower of the deceased member is 
survived  by  a  minor  child  or  children  of  such  member,  there  shall  be  paid  a  pension  per  month  to  such 
minor child  or  children  at  the  same  rate  at  which  the  pension  was  payable  to  the  widow  or  widower,  and 
such pension shall be paid in such manner as may be prescribed by rules.] 

1 This proviso was inserted and deemed always to have been inserted by Mah. 23 of 2011, s. 3. 
2 The proviso was deleted by Mah. 20 of 2008, s. 3 and shall be deemed always to have been deleted. 
3 Sub-section (2) was deleted by Mah. 34 of 1989, s. 3(a). 
4 Sub-section (3) was substituted by Mah. 34 of 1989, s. 3(b). 
5 Section 4A was inserted by Mah. 5 of 1991, s. 3. 
6 These words were substituted for the words “ widow of member ” by Mah. 15 of 2006, s. 2(a). 
7 The word was substituted for the word “ wife ” by Mah. 15 of 2006, s. 2(a). 
8  These words, letters and  figures were substituted for the words, letters and  figures “ the 1st  May of 2008 ”  by  Mah. 18 of 2009, s. 

8(a)(i). 

9 These words were substituted for the word “ widow ” by Mah. 15 of 2006, s. 2(a)(ii). 
10  These words were added  by Mah. 6 of 1994, s. 3(a)(ii). 
11 These words were substituted for the words “ rupees five thousand ” by Mah. 18 of 2009, s. 8(a)(i). 
12 This sub-section was inserted by Mah. 19 of 1993, s. 2(b). 
13  These words, letters and figures were substituted for the words, letters and figures “ the  1st May of 2008 ” by  Mah.  18 of  2009,  s. 

8(b)(i). 

14 These words were substituted for the word “ widow ” by Mah. 15 of 2006, s. 2(b)(ii). 
15 These words were added  by Mah. 6 of 1994, s. 3(b)(ii). 
16 These words were substituted for the words “ rupees five thousand ” by Mah. 18 of 2009, s. 8 (b)(ii). 
17 This proviso shall be deemed to have been deleted with effect from the 1st August 1993 by Mah. 6 of 1994, s. 3 (b)(iii). 
18 Sub-sections (2B) and (2C) were inserted by Mah. 15 of 2006, s. 2(c). 
19  These  words,  letters  and  figures  were  substituted  for  the  portion  beginning  with  the  words,  letters  and  figures  “  from  the  1st 

September 2000 ” and ending with the words “ rupees three thousand per month ” by Mah. 26 of 2007, s. 3(c). 

20  These words, figures  and letters were substituted for the words, figures  and letters “ the 1st  May 2008, at the rate of rupees five 

thousand per month ” by Mah. 18 of 2009, s. 8(c). 

 
 
                                                   
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1[(2D)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-sections  (1),  (2),  (2B)  and  (2C),  but  subject  to  the 
provisions  of  sub-section  (3),  there  shall  be  paid  a  pension,  to  the widow  or  widower  of  the  member  of  the 
State  Legislature  or  where  the  widow  or  widower  of  such  deceased  member  is  survived  by  minor  child  or 
children, to such minor child or children, 2[with effect from the 1st August 2013, at the rate of rupees forty 
thousand per month. ] 

3[(3) Where such widow or widower has re-married, then she or he shall not be entitled to the pension 

under this section from the date of such re-marriage.] 

4[5.   Power to make rules or orders.—(1)(a) For the purpose of making rules or orders under this 
section,  there  shall  be constituted  a  Joint  Committee  of  both  Houses  of  the  State  Legislature  consisting  of 
five members from the Maharashtra Legislative Council nominated by the Chairman of the Council and ten 
members from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly nominated by the Speaker 5[of the Assembly and the 
Finance Minister shall be its ex-officio member and Chairman]. 

(b)  The  Joint  Committee  constituted  under  clause  (a)  6[*  *  *]  shall  have  power  to  regulate  its 

procedure. 

(c) A member of Joint Committee 7[ other than the Finance Minister,] shall hold office as such member 
for one year from the date of his nomination and any casual vacancy in the Joint Committee may be filled by 
nomination by the Chairman or the Speaker, as the case may be. 

(2)(a)  The  Joint  Committee  constituted  under  sub-section  (1)  may,  in  consultation  with  the  State 

Government, make rules or orders for carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

(b)  In  particular  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  power,  such  rules  or  orders 

may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :— 

(i) the form in which and the authority to which an application for pension shall be made ; 

(ii) the certificates to be furnished along with an application for pension ; 

(iii) the declarations to be made at the time of drawing pension ; 

(iv) any other matter necessary for proper implementation and enforcement of this Act. 

(3)  All  rules  or  orders  made  under  sub-section  (2)  shall  not  take  effect  until  they  are  approved  and 
confirmed  by  the  Chairman  of  the  Council  and  the  Speaker  of  the  Assembly  and  are  published  in  the 
Official  Gazette.  Such  publication  of  the rules  or  orders  shall  be  conclusive  proof that  they have  been duly 
made. 

(4) Any rules or orders under the section may be made so as to be retrospective to any date not earlier 

than the date of commencement of this Act. 

(5) All rules or orders made under this section shall have effect as if enacted in this Act.] 

6.  Decisions on questions relating to pension.—If  there  is  any  doubt  or  dispute  as  to  whether  a 
person is entitled to pension or as to the amount of pension or as to the period for which he shall be entitled 
to  pension  under  this  Act,  the  matter  shall  be  referred  to  8[the  Chairman  of  the  Maharashtra  Legislative 
Council and the Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, who shall, in consultation with the State 
Government, decide the question. The decision of the Chairman and the Speaker shall be final.]  

1 Sub-section (2D) was inserted by Mah. 23 of 2011, s. 4. 
2 These words and figures were substituted for the words and figures “ with effect from the 1st May 2011, at the rate of rupees twenty-

five thousand ” by Mah. 24 of 2013, s. 3. 

3 This sub-section was substituted by Mah. 15 of 2006, s. 2(d). 
4 Section 5 was substituted for the original by Mah. 15 of 1977, s. 2. 
5 These words were substituted for the words “ of the Assembly ” by Mah. 72 of 1981, s. 9(a). 
6 The words “ shall elect its Chairman and ” were deleted  by Mah. 72 of 1981, s. 9(b). 
7 These words were inserted by Mah. 72 of 1981, s. 9(c). 
8 These words were substituted for the words “ the State Government and its decision shall be final ” by Mah. 15 of 1977, s. 3. 

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PUNE  411  001.
Phone  :  020  261  25  808

261 24 759

261 28  920

·  THE  MANAGER

GOVERNMENT PRESS AND BOOK DEPOT
Civil  Lines,
NAGPUR  440  001.
Phone  :  0712  256  26  15

·  THE  ASSTT.  DIRECTOR

GOVERNMENT STATIONERY, STORE AND BOOK DEPOT
Shaha  Ganj,  Near  Gandhi  Chowk,
AURANGABAD  431  001.
Phone  :  0240  233  14  68

0240  233  15  25

·  THE  MANAGER

GOVERNMENT PRESS AND STATIONERY STORE
Tarabai  Park,
KOLHAPUR  416  003.
Phone  :  0231  265  03  95,  265  04  02

AND  THE  RECOGNISED  BOOK  SELLERS

