BENGAL MEDICAL (WEST BENGAL AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950

Act No. 11 of 1950

15th March, 1950

An Act further to amend the Bengal Medical Act, 1914 and to provide for certain other matters connected therewith. Whereas on account of the Province of Bengal having ceased to exist and the constitution in lieu thereof of the two new Provinces of West Bengal and East Bengal (10 & 11, Geo. VI, c. 30.) under the Indian Independence Act, 1947, it is expedient to amend the Bengal Medical Act, 1914 (Ben. Act VI of 1914) and to extend the term of office of the members of the West Bengal Council of Medical Registration; It is hereby enacted as follows:--

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S.1 Short title, extent and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Bengal Medical (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1950.

(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.

(3) This section shall come into force at once; the rest of the Act shall come into force on the date on which the Bengal Medical (West Bengal Amendment) Ordinance, 1950 (West Ben. Ord. III of 1950) and the West Bengal Council of Medical Registration (Extension of Term of Office of Members) Ordinance, 1949 (West Ben. Ord. VI of 1949) cease to operate.

S.2 Amendment of section 4 of Bengal Act VI of 1914

To section 4 of the Bengal Medical Act, 1914 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), after the existing proviso the following proviso shall be added, namely:--

"Provided further that no registered practitioner shall be entitled to vote or stand as a candidate for election at an election of members to be elected under clauses (f), (g) or (h) unless he is--

(i) a citizen of India; and
(ii) either resides or carries on his profession or is employed in West Bengal",

S.3 Amendment of section 6

In section 6 of the said Act,--

(i) at the end of clause (b) the word "or" shall be omitted;
(ii) to clause (c) the word "or" shall be added; and
(iii) after clause (c) the following clause shall be added, namely:-- "(d) is not a citizen of India either residing or carrying on his profession or employed in West Bengal."

S.4 Extension of term

Notwithstanding anything contained in the said Act or in any other law, the term of office of the members of the West Bengal Council of Medical Registration, holding office immediately before the coming into force of this section shall extend up to the date on which the West Bengal Council of Medical Registration first constituted after sections 2 and 3 come into force, enters upon office.

S.5 Saving

Anything done and any action taken under the Bengal Medical (West Bengal Amendment) Ordinance, 1950 shall be deemed to have been done or taken as it this Act were in force when such thing was done or such action was taken.