The maharashtra co-operative societies act 1960

An ordinance must be approved (replaced by an Act) within 6 weeks of the Legislature reassembling otherwise, it automatically lapses.

The 2019 Ordinance introducing Chapter XIII-B was not converted into a permanent Amendment Act within the required time

Therefore, the ordinance lapsedlegally, any provisions introduced solely through that ordinance (including Chapter XIII-B) ceased to have effect.

The confusion is then why does it still appear in the Act, because bare acts, online databases, or private publications continue to show Chapter XIII-B

This may be because they reproduced the ordinance text but did not update after lapse, they rely on unofficial compilations.

However unless the provisions were later re-enacted by a valid amendment (which, to date, has not clearly happened for this Chapter in the same form), they do not have enforceable legal status.Whatever you may check with the latest official Maharashtra Government Gazetteupdated version from Co-operative Department, Maharashtra or rely on the authoritative publishers like LexisNexis / SCC (if updated post-2019 properly) and confirm the status of the enactment, if any.

Thank you for the clarification.  In olden days it was difficult to remain updated with all the laws; and lawyers and others had to have libraries and subscribe for journals to remain up to date. With the advent of the internet this should not be necessary. There should be a Government website where all updated laws and court judgments are available. The dictum "Ignorance of law is no excuse" will become really valid. It will also help budding new lawyers.