BHADRA 24] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 [SAKA 1939 6ayttt Nolkata Registered No. WB/SC-247 No. WB(Part-III)/2017/SAR-45 <4044:4 viq Extraordinary Published by Authority PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. 1106-L.-15th September, 2017.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information:— West Bengal Act XXXV of 2017 THE WEST BENGAL SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES (IDENTIFICATION) (AMENDMENT) Act, 2017. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 15th September, 2017.] Short title and commencement. An Act to amend the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) (Amendment) Act, 2017. West Ben. Act XXXVII of 1994. 2 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2017 [PART III Amendment of Section 5 of West Ben. Act XXXVII of 1994. The West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) (Amendment) Act, 2017. (Sections 2,3.) (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. In Section 5 of the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted:— "(c) in Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation area not included in clause (a), by the Sub-divisional Officer of the Bidhannagar sub-division.". Amendment of Section 8A. 3. In Section 8A,— (1) in sub-Section (1), for the words and figure "in whose favour a certificate is issued under Section 5", the words and figures "in whose favour a certificate is issued under Section 5 including a case where a caste certificate has been cancelled, impounded or revoked by the issuing authority under Section 9", shall be substituted; (2) in sub-Section (3),— (a) in clause (a), for the words and figure "a certificate is issued under Section 5", the words and figures "a certificate is issued under Section 5 including a case where a caste certificate has been cancelled, impounded or revoked by the issuing authority under Section 9", shall be substituted; (b) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(c) on its own or on receipt of information, to make an inquiry in connection with the contravention of any provision of this Act including any Act of contravention by the issuing authority in respect of issuing, rejecting or cancelling caste certificate;". By order of tilv. Governor, MADHU vlAliMiTRA, Sety. to the Gam vf . Low Dcpaifftefirt. Published by Law Department, Government of West Bengal and Printed at Saraswaty Press Ltd.(Government of West Bengal Enterprise), Kolkata 700 056.
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