Chapter IV MISCELLANEOUS

No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie before any court or authority against any public servant for anything done or intended to be done in good faith in performance of duty, pursuant to this Act or the rules made thereunder.

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules to carry out all or any of the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall, from the date of publication of notification in the Official Gazette, of such decision have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done or omitted to be done under that rule.

1. (1) The provisions of the Act shall have overriding effect over the provisions of any other law in force on the subject from the date of its coming into force: Provided that, any rights accrued, actions taken, cases pending under any other law in force shall be governed by the provisions of such law: Provided further that, if an existing lease agreement between the Land Owner - Lessor and the Lessee Cultivator is sought to be further extended or replaced by a new lease, the provisions of this Act shall apply.
2. (2) For the removal of doubts, it is hereby declared that this Act shall not have any retrospective effect and the existing protected tenants or share croppers, existing on the date of coming into force of this Act, under the existing Tenancy laws in the State of Maharashtra shall not be affected by this Act.

1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, as occasion arises, by order published in the Official Gazette do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty: Provided that, no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
2. (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.