State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

7[456A. Special power of State Government to make rules.— (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 454 and 456, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules consistent with the provisions of this Act generally to carry out all or any of the purposes of this Act. Such rules may provide for charging of fees for any of the purposes of this Act: 8[Provided that, no rules in respect of any matter relating to the preparation of electoral rolls and conduct of elections shall be made without consultation with the State Election Commissioner.] (2) All rules made under this section shall be subject to the condition of previous publication : 9[Provided that, if the State Government is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary to take immediate action, it may dispense with the requirement of previous publication of the rules to be made under this section, for the purposes of conduct of elections, under this Act.] (3) Every rule made under this section 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 the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, and notify such decision in the Official Gazette, the rule shall from the date of publication of such notification 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.]