134A

134A

1. (1) The Village Panchayat constituted under the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act may, by resolution, or an application signed by not less than 25 per cent. of the Women voters of the Gram Sabha, may request the Sub-Divisional Magistrate of the area for convening a special Gram Sabha, for the purpose of establishment of Gram Rakshak Dal.

2. (2) (a) The Sub-Divisional Magistrate of the area on receipt of request under sub-section (1) shall call such special meeting of Gram Sabha.

   (b) The form of application, the mode of submitting the application and manner of verification of authenticity of the applicants, under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed.

   (c) The meeting of such Gram Sabha shall be conducted in the presence of the ²Tahsildar or any officer not below the rank of Group-B officer of the State Government authorised by the Tahsildar of the area².

   (d) The Gram Sabha may recommend the persons to be appointed as members of Gram Rakshak Dal.

   (e) The Sub-Divisional Magistrate shall on recommendation of Gram Sabha establish a Gram Rakshak Dal.

   (f) The term of the members of such Gram Rakshak Dal shall be of two years.

3. (3) The Gram Rakshak Dal shall consist of as many members as there are members in a Village Panchayat but it shall not be more than eleven.

4. (4) The eligibility for the appointment as a member of the Gram Rakshak Dal shall be such as may be prescribed.

5. (5) The Gram Rakshak Dal shall have adequate representation of Women and persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

6. (6) Every member of the Gram Rakshak Dal shall be bound to give immediate information at the nearest Police Station or to any other Officer or person authorised in this behalf of the commission of any offence and of the intention or preparation to commit any offence under this Act which may come to his knowledge.

7. (7) The duties and responsibilities of the members of Gram Rakshak Dal shall be such as may be prescribed.

135. Landlords and others to give information. जमीन मालकांनी व इतर व्यक्तींनी माहिती कळविणे.

Every person who owns or occupies any land or building, or who is landlord of an estate residing in the village, and the agent of such owner, occupier or landlord of the land, building or estate, as the case may be, on or in which there has been any unlawful tapping of toddy producing trees or unlawful manufacture of any liquor or intoxicating drug or unlawful cultivation or collection of hemp, and every owner of a vessel or vehicle in which liquor or intoxicating drug is manufactured contrary to the provisions of this Act, shall in the absence of reasonable excuse, be bound to give notice of the same to a Magistrate or to a Prohibition Officer or to a Police Officer immediately the same shall have come to his knowledge.