BENGAL LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT (WEST BENGAL AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950

Act No. 27 of 1950

12th April, 1950

An Act further to amend the Bengal Local Self-Government Act of 1885. Whereas it is expedient further to amend the Bengal Local Self-Government Act of 1885 (Ben. Act. III of 1885) for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:--

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S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Bengal Local Self-Government (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1950.

(2) This section and all other sections except section 7 shall be deemed to have come into force on the 26th day of January, 1950, and section 7 shall come into force at once.

S.2 Definition

For the purposes of this Act, the expression "non-union board areas" means areas not under the administration of union boards established under the Bengal Village Self-Government Act, 1919 (Ben. Act V of 1919).

S.3 Amendment of section 7A of Bengal Act in of 1885

In sub-section (1) of section 7A of the Bengal Local Self-Government Act of 1885 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the word "male" shall be omitted.

S.4 Amendment of section 9

In the proviso to section 9 of the said Act as in force in non-union board areas, the word "male" shall be omitted.

S.5 Substitution of new section for section 10A

For section 10A of the said Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:--

"10A. Representation of Scheduled Tribes.-

• (1) The State Government if it considers necessary, may, by order published in the Official Gazette, reserve for members of the Scheduled Tribes a number of seats on a District Board or Local Board among the seats to which members of the District Board or Local Board are to be elected.
• (2) The number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to which the members of the District Board or Local Board are to be elected as the population of the Scheduled Tribes in the area under the authority of the District Board or Local Board bears to the total population in such area.
• (3) No member of the Scheduled Tribes for members of which seats are reserved under sub-section (1) shall, if eligible for election, be disqualified from election to any seat not so reserved.<
  

S.6 Amendment of section 13

In the proviso to section 13 of the said Act as in force in non-union board areas, the word "male" shall be omitted.

S.7 Amendment of section 16B

In sub-section (1) of section 16B of the said Act,--

• (a) after the word "make" the words "and subscribe" shall be inserted; and
• (b) for the words and brackets "solemnly swear (or affirm)" the words and brackets "swear in the name of God (or solemnly affirm)" shall be substituted.

S.8 Amendment of section 36E

In sub-section (1) of section 36E of the said Act, the word "male" shall be omitted.

S.9 Amendment of section 138

In section 138 of the said Act, clause (aa) shall be omitted.