CALCUTTA MUNICIPAL (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1960

Act No. 14 of 1960

19th September, 1960

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 Eleventh Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-

S.1 Short title

This Act may be called the Calcutta Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 1960.

S.2 Amendment of section 39 of West Ben. Act XXXIII of 1961

In section 89 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), for the words "and shall be convened", the words "and such meeting and the first meeting in each year to elect a Mayor and a Deputy Mayor under section 10 shall be convened" shall be substituted.

S.3 Substitution of new section for section 93

For section 93 of the said Act, the following section shall be substituted namely:-

93. "Proaiding officer at meeting for election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor

• (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 92 or elsewhere in this Act, a meeting for the election of the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor under section 10 shall be presided over by an officer of the State Government, not lower in rank than a Commissioner of a Division, to be deputed for the purpose by the State Government; provided that such presiding officer shall not have any vote.
• (2) If equality of votes is found to exist between any candidates for election as Mayor or Deputy Mayor, the determination of the person who shall be deemed to have been elected shall be made by lot, to be drawn in the meeting, in such manner as the presiding officer may determine.".

S.4 Repeal and savings

• (1) The Calcutta Municipal (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1960 (West Ben. Ord. 1960), is hereby repealed.
• (2) Notwithstanding such repeal or notwithstanding the said Ordinance having ceased to operate before such repeal, anything done of any action taken under the said Act as amended by the Calcutta Municipal (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1960, shall be deemed to hare been validly done or taken under the said Act as amended by this Act, as if this Act had commenced on the 27th day of May. 1960.