section 26
Rules
The Maharashtra National and State Parks Act, 1970General197029 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and subject to the condition of previous publication, make rules to carry out the purposes of this Act.
- (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :--
- (a) the allowances payable to non-official members of the Advisory Committee under sub-section
- (4) of section 4 ;
- (b) the manner of publication of the proclamation under section 9 ;
- (c) the purposes for which any Park may be used and the conditions subject to which any person may enter or reside or move in a Park and the period during which the Park or any portion thereof shall be open to the public; .
- (d) the fees, if any, to be paid for entry into or for residing in a Park or for admission of any animals, vehicles, or other conveyances into the Park or for taking photographs within the Park or for any other purpose connected with the use of the Park or any portion thereof, or of any amenities provided therein;
- (e) the conditions subject to which the services or attendance of any Park Officers may be obtained by any person, visiting a Park and the fees, if any, to be paid for obtaining such services or attendance,
- (f) the regulation of traffic and carriage of passengers in a Park, including the places through which persons, animals, vehicles and other conveyances may enter or leave the Park and the routes by which they may move or pass through the Park;
- (g) the preservation, control and management of the Park;
- (h) the protection of the flora and fauna and the property in the Park;
- (i) the protection from defacement by writing or otherwise of any tree, rock, fence, seat, road, bridge, signboard or other object in the Park;
- (j) the protection of animals, the disposal of noxious, predatory or super- abundant animals and the taking of animals for scientific and propagation purposes;
- (k) the preservation of public health and the abatement and prevention of nuisances;
- (l) the prevention of any unauthorised exhibition, fixing, erection or retaining of any advertisement, board, hoarding or structure in the Park and the removal of such advertisement board, hoarding or structure;
- (m) the additional powers and duties of the Director and Park Officers in regard to maintenance and management of Parks;
- (n) the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which any of the powers and duties of any of the officers under this Act may be delegated by the Director to any subordinate officer or servant;
- (o) any matter which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act;
- (p) any other matter for which in the opinion of the State Government provision is expedient or necessary to carry out the objects of the Act.
- (3) Every rule made under this Act 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 successive sessions, and if, before expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately follow- ing, 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 this rule.
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