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The Maharashtra Extension of Municipal Limits (Validation) Act, 1967

The Maharashtra Extension of Municipal Limits (Validation) Act, 1967

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This Act validates past government decisions that expanded or reduced municipal jurisdictions in Maharashtra. It applies to the specific local government bodies listed in its schedule, including various municipal councils, district boards, panchayat samitis, and village councils whose boundaries were changed. The law matters because it legally confirms these adjustments and safeguards all official actions, local taxes, and administrative decisions made by these restructured local authorities. By preventing legal challenges based solely on technical boundary-change errors, the legislation effectively ensures legal stability, administrative continuity, and uninterrupted public service delivery for the citizens living in these newly defined local areas.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Validation of inclusion or exclusion of certain areas in or from municipal limits and re-constitution of local authorities concerned.
  4. 4. Repeal of Mah. Ord. I of 1967.

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