section 18
Power to make rules
The Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026General202619 sections
Statutory text
- (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out all or any of 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 form and manner in which an application may be submitted by a woman farmer to the Designated Officer under sub-section
- (1) of section 5;
- (b) the form and manner in which the Designated Officer shall issue the Woman Farmer Certificate under sub-section
- (4) of section 5;
- (c) the form and manner in which an appeal may be preferred to the Appellate Officer under sub-section
- (6) of section 5;
- (d) the form and manner in which an application may be submitted by a woman farmer to the Designated Officer under sub-section
- (1) of section 6;
- (e) the form and manner in which the designated officer shall issue the Woman Farmer Certificate under sub-section
- (4) of section 6;
- (f) the form and manner in which an appeal may be preferred to the Appellate Officer under sub-section
- (6) of section 6;
- (g) manner in which the Women Farmers Database is to be collected and maintained under sub-section
- (1) of section 10;
- (h) such other matters for which the State Fund shall be utilised under clause
- (d) of sub-section
- (2) of section 11.
- (i) for any other matter for which rules are required to be made under this 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 or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in any rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, and notify their decision to that effect in the Official Gazette, the rule shall, from the date of publication of notification 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 that rule.
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