Short title and commencement. — The West Bengal Lokayukta Act, 2003

*tatcle-A., VAISAKHA 31] Short title and commencement. Rothata Extraordinary Published by Authority FRIDAY, MAY 21, 2004 PART III —A —Acts of the West Bengal Legislature. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL . LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. 865-L.-21st May, 2004.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the President of India is hereby published for general information: — West Bengal Act XXXV of 2003 THE WEST BENGAL LOKAYUKTA ACT, 2003. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the President of India was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 21st May, 2004.] An Act to provide for the establishment of the institution of Lokayukta to investigate the complaints by the citizens against the public functionaries in West Bengal alleging corrupt practices by them and for matters directly connected therewith. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of the institution of Lokayukta to investigate the complaints by the citizens against the public functionaries in West Bengal alleging corrupt practices by them and for matters directly connected therewith; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West .Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Lokayukta Act, 2003. . It extends to the whole of West. Bengal. It shall come into force on iliai date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint. a3ette [SAKA 1926 I I Ii Definitions. I AI ntmeni of ULo yukta and p The West Bengal Lokayukta Act, 2003. (Sections 2, 3.) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— "action" means action taken by a public functionary in the discharge or purported discharge of his public function; "Chief Minister" means the Chief Minis