CALCUTTA MUNICIPAL (THIRD AMENDMENT) ACT, 1965

Act No. 25 of 1965

04th December, 1965

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 Sixteenth 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 (Third Amendment) Act, 1965.

S.2 Insertion of new section 92A in West Ben. Act XXXIII of 1951

After section 92 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the following section shall be inserted, namely:--

92A. "Maintenance of order at meeting and suspension of Council for or Alderman.

• (1) The Presiding Officer shall maintain order at a, meeting of the Corporation and may, where a Councillor or an Alderman disregards his authority or obstructs the business or otherwise creates any disorder at such meeting, warn the Councillor or the Alderman regarding action to be taken under this sub-section and may, if the Councillor or the Alderman still persists in his conduct, put to the meeting, on his own motion, a resolution that the Councillor or the Alderman be suspended from attending any meeting of the Corporation for such period, not exceeding two months, as may be specified in the resolution.
• (2) Where the resolution is declared to be passed, the Councillor or the Alderman shall be forthwith debarred from attendin
  

S.3 Amendment of section 182

In section 182 of the said Act,--

• (a) in sub-section (2), the words "the Corporation with the approval of" shall be omitted; and
• (b) after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-- "(2A) There shall be paid out of the Municipal Fund to the officer specially appointed under sub-section (2) such salary and allowances (if any) as the State Government may determine.".

S.4 Repeal and savings

• (1) The Calcutta Municipal (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (West Ben. Ord. VII of 1965), is hereby repealed.
• (2) Anything done or any action taken under the said Act as amended by the Calcutta Municipal (Third Amendment) Ordinance, 1965, shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken under the said Act as amended by this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 7th day of September, 1965.