Disqualification of Committee and its Members
Section 154B-23, Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960
This chapter is in force. The 2019 Ordinance was a temporary law under article 213 of the Constitution and was replaced by the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2019, which re-enacted Chapter XIII-B in the same terms. When citing this provision in a notice, application or plaint, cite it as a section of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — not as a section of the Ordinance.
A person cannot be appointed, nominated, elected or co-opted to the committee if he is a defaulter of any society, carries on the business of letting, subletting or selling flats in the society, has been held responsible under section 79, 88, 154B-8(2) or 154B-27 or for the cost of an enquiry under section 85, or has incurred a disqualification under the Act or under section 73CA(1)(f)(vii)-(ix). Members disqualified on those grounds cease to hold the seat and are barred for five years.
Source: Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extraordinary Part VIII, No. 21, 9 March 2019 — the authorised English translation published under article 348(3) of the Constitution. The Marathi on this page is our summary, not an official translation.
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