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section 3

Postponement of elections of committees of specified societies

The Maharashtra Specified Co-operative Societies (Postponement of Elections due to drought conditions in the State) Act, 1983
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  1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Co-operative Societies Act and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder or in any judgement, decree or order of any Court,—
    • (a) during the period this Act is in force, no election to the committee or election to fill any casual vacancy in the committee, of any specified society shall be held or completed, even though at the commencement of this Act an election programme may have been announced in any case or an election may have been commenced, but the poll has not been taken, in any case, then any such programme, or any action taken thereunder, shall stand cancelled from the date of commencement of this Act;
    • (b) the term of office of members of the committees of specified societies, who were in office on the date of commencement of this Act (whether their term had expired before, or will expire on or after the said date at any time during the period this Act is in force) shall be deemed to have been extended, or to be extended, as the case may be; and such members shall continue to hold office during the period this Act is in force;
    • (c) the term of office of any administrators appointed under section 77A or sub-section
  2. (1) of section 78 of the Co-operative Societies Act, to manage the affairs of any specified societies, who were in office on the date of commencement of this Act (whether their term had expired before, or will expire on or after the said date, at any time during the period this Act is in force) shall be deemed to have been extended, or to be extended, as the case may be; and such administrators shall continue to hold office during the period this Act is in force.
  3. (2) After the expiry of the term of office of the members or the administrators as so extended by this section, they shall continue in office, until the first meeting of the reconstituted committee is held.

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