Section 1 — Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Lokayukta Act, 2023.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.

[(3) (i) Sections 1, 3 and 4 shall come into force on the date of publication of this Act in the Official Gazette .

(ii) Remaining sections shall come into force on such date, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette , appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.]