The Maharashtra Deletion of the Term "famine" (From Laws applicable to the State) Act, 1963
The Maharashtra Deletion of the Term "famine" (From Laws applicable to the State) Act, 1963
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1. Short title.
Statutory text
This Act may be called the Maharashtra Deletion of the Term "famine" (From Laws applicable to the State) Act, 1963.
2. Amendments of enactments, etc., for deletion of references to "famine".
Statutory text
From the commencement of this Act, in the All enactments relating to any of the matters enumerated in Lists II and III in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, in their application to the State of Maharashtra (hereinafter referred to as "State Laws"), and in all instruments and other documents, the word "famine" shall be deemed to have been deleted.
3. Amendments of Bom. LXXXIII of 1958 and power to adapt other State laws by notification.
Statutory text
- (1) The enactment specified in column 1 of the Schedule is hereby amended in the manner, and to the extent, shown in column 2 thereof.
- (2) Before the expiration of one year from the commencement of this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, delete the work "famine" from any State law and where the context requires, substitute for the work "famine" the word "scarcity" and make such consequential amendments as the rules of grammar may require.
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SCHEDULE
1 The Schedule. (See section 3.) Act. Amendments
- (1) (2)
- (1) In the Long title, —
- (a) for the words “Famine Relief Fund” the words “Scarcity Relief Fund” shall be substituted:
- (b) for the words “ Famine or acute Scarcity” the word “Scarcity” shall be substituted.
- (2) In the preamble, in the third paragraph,—
- (a) for the words “Bombay State Famine Relief Fund” the words “Maharashtra State Scarcity Relief Fund” shall be substituted.
- (b) for the words “famine or acute Scarcity” the words “Scarcity” shall be substituted.
- (3) In section 1, in sub-section (1), for the word “Famine” the word “Scarcity” shall be substituted.
- (4) In Section 2, for the word “Famine” the word “Scarcity” shall be substituted.
- (5) In Section 3 and in the marginal note thereto, for the word “Famine” the word “Scarcity” shall be substituted.
- (6) In Section 4, for the words “Famine Relief Fund established under this Act” the words “Fund established under this Act” shall be substituted.
- (7) In section 5, for the Words “famine or acute scarcity”, at both the places where they occur, the word “scarcity” shall be substituted. The Bombay State Famine Relief Fund Act, 1958 (Bom. LXXXIII of 1958).