GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative — The West Bengal Town And Country ( Planning And Development ) Act, 1979

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act VII of 1993 THE WEST BENGAL TOWN AND COUNTRY (PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1993. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature:] (Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the ]4th June, 1993.] [14th June, 1993.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Town and Country 'Planning and Development) Act; 1979. West Ben: Act XIII of 1979 WHEREAS itis expedient to amend the West Bengal Town and Country (Planningand Development) Act; 1979,forthe purposes andin the manner hereinafter appearing; Itis hereby enacted in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows= 1_ (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Town and Country Short titke and (Planning and Development) (Amendment) Act; 1993. commence - (2) It shall come into force on suchdate asthe State Government may ment_ by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint 2 In the WestBengal Townand Country (Planningand Development) Insertion of Act, 1979 (hereinafter referredto as the principal Act), in Chapter IX,after new section [O6A in section 106, the following section shall be inserted: West Ben. Act XIII of LLevy of 106A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the [979. civic amenity foregoing provisions of this chapter, every Planning charge_ Authority or Development Authority may_ in accordance with the provisions of this Actand therules made thereunder and with the previous sanction of the State Government; by notiftcation levy a charge (hereinafter called the civic amenity charge) for extending such civic amenity to the whole Or any part of the Planning Area and at such rate as may be prescribed (2) The civic amenity charge shall be recoverable as arrears o