CALCUTTA MUNICIPAL (THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972

Act No. 23 of 1972

5th August, 1972

An Act to amend the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 (West Ben. Act XXXIII of 1951), for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-third Year of the. Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-

S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Calcutta Municipal (Third Amendment) Act, 1972.

(2) It shall come into force on and from the date on which the Calcutta Municipal (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (West Ben. Ord. XII of 1972), ceases to operate.

S.2 Amendment of section 80 of West Ben. Act XXXIII of 1951

In section 80 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), for the words five hundred rupees", the words "seven hundred rupees" shall be substituted.

S.3 Amendment of section 81

In section 81 of the said Act, for the words "three hundred rupees", wherever they occur, the words "seven hundred rupees" shall be substituted.

S.4 Savings

Anything done or any action taken under any provision of the said Act as amended by the Calcutta Municipal (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (West Ben. Ord. XII of 1972), shall, on the said Ordinance ceasing to operate, be deemed to be, and to have always been, valid.