No.WBICPSMRaj-9 (Part III)/20Q7 — The West Bengal Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes ( Identification ) Act, 1994

No.WBICPSMRaj-9 (Part III)/20Q7 Regd No. WBISC -320 @fje Kolkata (azette TTTT Extraordinary Published by Authority THURSDAY MAY 10.2007 [SAKA 1929 VAISAKHA 20] PART III Acts of the West Bengal Legislature GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. 651-L.S-] Oth May: 2007 . The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature: having been assented to by the Governor: is hereby published for general information West Bengal Act IV of 2007 THE WEST BENGAL SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES (IDENTIFICATION) (AMENDMENT) ACT; 2007. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature: [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette. Extraordinary; of the ]Oth May; 2007.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994. amend the West Bengal Scheduled Castes West Ben. WHEREAS it is expedient - to Act XXXVIII and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act; 1994, for the purposes and in the of 1994 manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India by the Legislature of West Bengal,,as follows: This Act may be called the West Bengal Scheduled Short title and 13 (1) commencement: Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) (Amendment) Act 2007 . (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette. appoint: Amendment of 2 In section 2 of the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled section 2 of Tribes (Identification) Act; 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act): XXXVIII of West Bel 0tc1 994, clause (a) shall be renumberedas clause (aa) ofthat section and; before clause (aa) so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted (a) "Committee" means the State Scrutiny Committee constitut