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Repeal of Mah. Ord. No. VIII of 1976 and savings. SCHEDULE 1977 : Mah. V] (i) J-1072—1 MAHARASHTRA ACT No. V OF 19771. [THE “MAHARASHTRA TRIBALS ECONOMIC CONDITION (IMPROVEMENT) ACT, 1976] [8th January 1977.] [This Act received the assent of the President on 8th January 1977; and assent was first published in the Maharashtra Government Gazette, Part IV, Extraordinary, on the 8th January 1977.] Amended by Mah. 56 of 1977 † § An Act to provide for promoting improvement in the economic condition of the Tribals in the State of Maharashtra. WHEREAS, having regard to the economic and social backwardness of the Tribals owing to the geographical and social isolation in which they have lived hitherto, it is considered necessary to bring about within as short a time as possible an effective improvement in the economic condition of the Tribals; AND WHEREAS one of the measures to bring about such effective economic improvement was to protect them from exploitation by certain unscrupulous elements in society by making any lending made before the commencement of the Maharashtra Tribals Economic Condition (Improvement) Ordinance, 1976, invalid and void ab initio and by prohibiting private agencies from lending them anything, and by prohibiting the marketing of certain agricultural produce in the Tribal areas in the State by private agencies and by permitting lending only through the State Government and other specified agencies and by providing suitable alternative arrangement in such areas for marketing of such produce through the State Government and other specified agencies; and by providing for matters connected therewith; AND WHEREAS both Houses of the Legislature of the State were not in session; AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circum- stances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action for securing the purposes aforesaid; and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra Tribals Economic Condition (Improvement) Ordinance, 1976, on the 9th day of October 1976; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the State Legislature and also to make certain other provisions for the purposes hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—