The Maharashtra Right to Information (Repeal) Act, 2005

Preamble

MAHARASHTRA ACT NO. I OF 2006¹

[THE MAHARASHTRA RIGHT TO INFORMATION (REPEAL) ACT, 2005.]

[This Act received the assent of the Governor on the 7^th January 2006; assent was first published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extraordinary No. 1, Part IV, on the 9^th January 2006.]

An Act to provide for repeal of the Maharashtra Right to Information Act, 2002 and for certain matters incidental thereto.

WHEREAS the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005) has been enacted by the Parliament and, therefore, it was considered expedient to repeal the Maharashtra Right to Information Act, 2002 (Mah. XXXI of 2003), and to provide for certain matters incidental thereto;

AND WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session;

AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action to repeal the Maharashtra Right to Information Act, 2002 (Mah. XXXI of 2003), for the purposes aforesaid; and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra Right to Information (Repeal) Ordinance, 2005 (Mah. Ord. VII of 2005), on the 5^th October 2005;

AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the State Legislature; it is hereby enacted in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

Sections

Type to filter. 3 sections.

1. 1Short title and commencement
2. 2Repeal of Mah. XXXI of 2003 and saving
3. 3Repeal of Mah. Ord. VII of 2005 and saving

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