BENGAL MOTOR VEHICLES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1973

Act No. 11 of 1973

21st March, 1973

An Act to amend the Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1932. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1932 (Ben. Act I of 1932), for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-fourth 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 Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax (Amendment) Act, 1973.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

S.2 Amendment of section 9B of Ben. Act I of 1932

In section 9B of the Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1932,-

• (i) in clause (b) of sub-section (1), the words "unless the owner or the person in charge of the vehicle executes a bond for the production thereof before a court when so required" shall be omitted;
• (ii) to sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be added, namely:- "Provided that where a motor vehicle has been seized and detained on account of contravention of the provisions of section 6 or section 7, no court shall pass any order releasing the vehicle in question from seizure or detention unless the entire arrear of tax in respect of such vehicle has been deposited by way of security.";
• (iii) sub-section (3) shall be omitted.