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Section 4: Power of Board or Company to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.

The Maharashtra Land Improvement Schemes Act.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 28 of 1942

4. Power of [Board or Company] to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.- (1) [The Board or the Company] may direct the preparation of a land improvement scheme of any area within its jurisdiction. A scheme may make provision for any of the following matters, namely :-

(i) preservation and improvement of soil ;

(ii) prevention of erosion of soil ;

(iii) improvement of water supply [including the construction or improvement of wells and other underground water resources, and exploitation of those resources ] ;

[(iii-a) development of land for better utilisation of the irrigation potential to be specified in the scheme ;]

(iv) introduction of dry farming methods ;

(v) improvement in the methods of cultivation ;

(vi) reclamation of waterlogged land or of land from the sea ;

(vii) prohibition or control of grazing ;

(viii) control and maintenance of tree growth ;

[(viiia) regulation or prohibition of firing of vegetation ;]

[(viiib) cultivation of waste or fallow land ;]

[(viiic) eradication of hariyali or any other kind of weed or vegetation which is likely injuriously to affect, or interfere with, cultivation ;]

(ix) such other matters not inconsistent with the objects of this Act as may be prescribed.

[(2) On such direction being issued by [the Board or the Company], [the Board or the Company] shall appoint an officer to prepare, in accordance with such instructions as it may issue, a draft scheme containing the following particulars, namely :-

(i) the objects of the scheme ;

(ii) the approximate area of the lands to be included in the scheme ;

(iii) the work or kind of work to be carried out under the scheme ;

(iv) the agency or agencies through which the work shall be carried out ;

(v) such other particulars as may be prescribed.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Maharashtra Land Improvement Schemes Act.
Section4
Marginal notePower of Board or Company to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Mah. 18 of 1973. These words were substituted for the words "Board" by Mah. 18 of 1973, s. 3(3).
  • substituted, Mah. 18 of 1973. These words were substituted for the words "The Board" by Mah. 18 of 1973, s. 3(1)(a).
  • added, Mah. 18 of 1973. This portion was added by Mah. 18 of 1973, s. 3(1)(b).
  • inserted, Mah. 18 of 1973. Clause (iii-a) was inserted by Mah. 18 of 1973, s. 3(1)(c).
  • inserted, Bom. 7 of 1945. Clause (viiia) was inserted by Bom. 7 of 1945, s. 4(i), read with Bom. 29 of 1948, s. 2.
  • inserted, Bom. 73 of 1948. This clause was inserted by Bom. 73 of 1948, s. 4.
  • inserted, Bom. 38 of 1949. This clause was inserted by Bom. 38 of 1949, s. 2.
  • substituted, Bom. 7 of 1945. Sub-section (2) was substituted by Bom. 7 of 1945, s. 4(iii), read with Bom. 29 of 1948, s. 2.
  • substituted, Mah. 18 of 1973. These words were substituted for the words "the Board" by Mah. 18 of 1973, s. 4(2).
  • substituted, Mah. 18 of 1973. These words were substituted for the word "Board" by Mah. 18 of 1973, s. 4(3).

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