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MAHARASHTRA ACT No. XXII OF 1983] l [THE MAHARASHTRA FOREST DEVELOPMENT (TAX ON SALE OF FOREST-PRODUCE BY GOVERNMENT OR FOREST DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION) (CONTINUANCE) ACT, 1983] [This Act received assent of the Governor on the 15th April, 1983; assent was first published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV, Extraordinary, on the 15th April, 1983.] Amended by Mah. 18 of 1992 (1-8-1992) † ” ” ” Mah. 32 of 2001* (22-06-2001) † An Act to levy and collect forest development tax on sales of forest- produce by or on behalf of the State Government or the Forest Development Corporation. WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session and the Governor of Maharashtra promulgated the Maharashtra Forest Development (Tax on sale of forest-produce by Government or Forest Development Corporation) Ordinance, 1982, on the 4th December 1982 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Ordinance”); AND WHEREAS thereafter the State Legislature reassembled on the 13th December 1982 ; AND WHEREAS the Maharashtra Forest Development (Tax on sale of forest-produce by Government or Forest Development Corporation) Bill, 1982 (L. A. Bill No. LVIII of 1982), for converting the said Ordiance, with certain modifications, into an Act of the Legislature was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 16th December 1982, but was not passed in that session, which was prorogued on the 24th December 1982 ; AND WHEREAS when the State Legislature had reassembled on the 13th December 1982 and the said Ordiance had not been replaced by an Act of the State Legislature, the said Ordiance would have ceased to operate after the 23rd January 1983 ; AND WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session then, and the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances still existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action to continue the operation of the provisions of the said Ordinance, with the modifications proposed to be made by L. A. Bill No. LVIII of 1982 referred to above ; and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra Forest Development (Tax on sale of forest-produce by Government or Forest Development Corporation) (Continuance) Ordinance, 1983, on the 17th January 1983 ; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the Maharashtra Forest Development (Tax on sale of forest-produce by Government or Forest Development Corporation) (Continuance) Ordinance, 1983, by an Act of the State Legislature ; It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—