WEST BENGAL IMPROVEMENT LAWS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1972

Act No. 08 of 1972

4th May, 1972

An Act to amend the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911 and the Howrah Improvement Act, 1956. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911 (Ben. Act V of 1911) and the Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 (West Ben. Act XIV of 1956), 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:-

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S.1 Short title

This Act may be called the West Bengal Improvement Laws (Amendment) Act, 1972.

S.2 Insertion of new section 23A in Ben. Act V of 1911

After section 23 of the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

23A. "Power of Board to execute certain works or to render certain services.

The Board may, on behalf of any person or the State Government, execute any work or render any service, not being a work or service which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, in any area to which this Act applies on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Board and such person or the State Government, as the case may be:

Provided that when any work is executed or any service is rendered on behalf of any person, no such work shall be executed or services rendered except with the previous sanction of the State Government.".

S.3 Insertion of new section 20A in West Ben. Act XIV of 1956

After section 20 of the Howrah Improvement Act, 1956, the following section shall be inserted, namely:-

20A. "Power of Board to execute certain works or to render certain services.

The Board may, on behalf of any person or the State Government, execute any work or render any service, not being a work or service which is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, in any area to which this Act applies on such terms and conditions) as may be agreed upon between the Board and such person or the State Government, as the case may be:

Provided that when any work is executed or any service is rendered on behalf of any person, no such work shall be executed or services rendered except with the previous sanction of the State Government.".

S.4 Repeal and savings

• (1) The West Bengal Improvement Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1972 (West Ben. Ord. II of 1972), is hereby repealed.
• (2) Anything done or any action taken under the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911 (Ben. Act V of 1911), or the Howrah Improvement. Act, 1956 (West Ben. Act XIV of 1956), as amended by the West Bengal Improvement Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 1972, shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken under the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911, or the Howrah Improvement Act, 1956, as the case may be, as amended by this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 25th day of January, 1971.