The Maharashtra Land Improvement Schemes Act
Chapter III EXECUTION OF THE SCHEME
Chapter III EXECUTION OF THE SCHEME
11. Power to enforce scheme.
1[11. Power to enforce scheme.- (1) After a scheme has come in to force under section 10, the Board 2[or Company, as the case may be,] shall appoint an officer to execute it.
- (2) Every owner of land included in the scheme shall pay the costs or part costs as the case may be of the works which under the scheme are carried out by the 3[Government] 4[, or as the case may be, the Company] in his land as the cost or part cost of the owner.
- (3) If any owner of the land included in the scheme desires to carry out himself any works which under the scheme are to be carried out in his land by the 5[Government] 6[, or as the case may be, the Company] at the cost or part cost of the owner, he shall give notice in writing to that effect to the Executing Officer within twenty-one days of the publication of the scheme in the Official Gazette under section 9.
- (4) On receipt of such notice, the Executing Officer shall inform the owner of the works which are to be carried out in his land, and shall fix the date before which the owner shall carry out the works.
- (5) If such owner fails to carry out any work to the satisfaction of the Executing Officer before the date fixed by him or at any time expresses in writing to the Executing Officer his inability to do so, the Executing Officer may himself get the work carried out and the expenses incurred by the Executing Officer for the purpose shall be recovered from the owner.
- (6) Where the owner of any land included in the scheme is the 7[Government], the Department of Government which has the control or management of such land, or the Executing Officer directed in this behalf by the Board or the 8[State] Government 9[or the Company], as the case may be, shall carry out the works which the 10[Government] is liable to carry out under the scheme.]
Chapter III EXECUTION OF THE SCHEME
12. Liability of person whose lands are not included in scheme to contribution.
- (1) If, in consequence of any work carried out 1* * * under the scheme 2[any person, including the 3[Government] other than the owner of the land in which the work is done,] is likely to be benefited, he shall pay such amount 4[as the 5[State] Government 6[or the company] may determine as contribution to the owner of the land, if the work has been carried out by the owner, or to the 7[State] Government 8[or the Company], if the work has been carried out by the Executing Officer] : Provided that the 9[State] Government may excuse payment of such contribution in whole or in part in respect of any work carried out by it 10[in land belonging to the 11[Government]]. 11[Where the work is carried out at the expense of the Company, and the State Government excuses payment of the contribution, the State Government shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the amount of the contribution so excused.] 13[(2) The amount shall be paid within such time as may be specified by the 14[State] Government 15[or the Company] ].
Chapter III EXECUTION OF THE SCHEME
12A. Penalty.
1[12A. Penalty.- Any person who contravenes or causes any contravention of any of the provisions of a scheme which has come into force under section 10, or any of the regulations made under section 10A, or does any act which causes damage to any of the works carried out under the scheme or fails to fulfil any liability imposed upon him under section 13 2[or 13-A] or sub-section 3[(4)] of section 25 4[or of section 25A] shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees or with simple imprisonment for a period which may extend to one month, or with both.]
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