The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) (Postponement of Elections during the Emergency) Act, 1975
The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) (Postponement of Elections during the Emergency) Act, 1975
This 1975 Act temporarily suspended elections for agricultural market committees in Maharashtra during the national Emergency. Applying to all committee members and administrators managing agricultural produce marketing in the state, the law extended their terms of office to ensure administrative continuity and stability. It matters because it prevented governance gaps in Maharashtra's vital agricultural sector during a major national crisis by allowing existing officials to remain in power without holding elections. The Act also validated all administrative decisions and operations handled during this extension, ensuring that critical food supply chains could legally and smoothly continue during a volatile period.
- 1. Short title, commencement and duration.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Postponement of elections of members of Market Committees and extension of term of office of members and administrators.
- 4. Casual vacancy.
- 5. Validation of acts of Market Committees and of members and administrators whose term of office stands extended under section 3.
- 6. Application of Mah. XX of 1964.
- 7. Removal of difficulties
- 8. Repeal of Mah. Ord. IX of 1975 and saving.
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