57.
Appointment of registrar of firms and deputy
and assistant registrars of firms.-
(1) The State Government may, by notification
in the Official Gazette, appoint a Registrar
of Firms who shall exercise, perform and discharge
the powers, functions and duties of the Register
under this Act throughout the State of Maharashtra.
(2) The State Government may
likewise appoint one or more Deputy Registrars
of Firms and Assistant Registrars of Firms who
shall exercise, perform and discharge all or
such of the powers, functions and duties of
the Registrar and in such areas as the State
Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, specify.
(3) The officers appointed
under sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall
be deemed to be public servants within the meaning
of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
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