The Maharashtra Unauthorized Institutions and Unauthorized Courses of Study in Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Health Sciences, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education (Prohibition) Act, 2013
An Act to provide for prohibition of establishment of unauthorized institutions and introduction of unauthorized courses of study in Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Health Sciences, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education in the State of Maharashtra and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Administered by. Govt of Maharashtra, Higher and Technical Education Department · Other Acts of 2013
Preamble
MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XX OF 20131
[THE MAHARASHTRA UNAUTHORIZED INSTITUTION AND UNAUTHORIZED COURSES OF STUDY IN AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL AND FISHERY SCIENCES, HEALTH SCIENCES, HIGHER, TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION (PROHIBITION) ACT, 2013.]
[This Act received the assent of the Governor on the 21st August 2013 ; assent first published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV, on the 21st August 2013.]
An Act to provide for prohibition of establishment of unauthorized institutions and introduction of unauthorized courses of study in Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Health Sciences, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education in the State of Maharashtra and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS it was expedient to provide for effectively prohibiting and dealing with persons establishing unauthorized institutions and introducing or conducting unauthorized courses of study in Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Health Sciences, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education in the State of Maharashtra and for matters connected therewith or 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 make a law, for the purposes aforesaid, and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra Unauthorized Institutions and Unauthorized Courses of Study in Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Health Sciences, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education (Prohibition) Ordinance, 2013 (Mah. Ord. XIII of 2013), on the 11th July 2013 ;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the State Legislature; it is hereby enacted in the Sixty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, as follows :-
Sections
Type to filter. 21 sections.
- 1Short title and commencement
- 2Definitions
- 3Prohibition of establishment of unauthorized institutions and introducing unauthorized courses
- 4Prohibition regarding certain Advertisements
- 5Competent authority
- 6Powers and functions of competent authority
- 7Appellate authority
- 8Appeals
- 9Offences
- 10Punishments
- 11Offences by Companies
- 12Competent Authority and Appellate Authority to have powers of Civil Court
- 13Code for advertising of Educational Institutions or programmes or courses of Study
- 14Recovery of penalty as arrear of land revenue
- 15Saving in respect of certificate courses
- 16Protection of action taken in good faith
- 17Competent Authority, etc., to be public servants
- 18Power to make rules
- 19Act to be in addition to and not in derogation of any other law
- 20Power to remove difficulty
- 21Repeal of Mah. Ord. XIII of 2013 and saving
Rules made under this Act
2 sets of Rules. India Code publishes Rules as a record and a document rather than as text, so these are indexed here and not reproduced. All Rules.
- Maharashtra Unauthorized Institutions and Unauthorized Courses of Study in Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Health Sciences, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education (Complaints, Appeals and Remedial Measures) Rules, 2024.2024
- Notification regarding appointment of Competent Authority and Appellate Authority under Maharashtra Unauthorized Institutions and Unauthorized Courses of Study in Agriculture, Animal and Fishery Sciences, Health Sciences, Higher, Technical and Vocational Education (Prohibition) Act, 2013.2013
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