West Ben. Act XIII of 1979. — The West Bengal Town And Country ( Planning And Development ) Act, 1979

West Ben. Act XIII of 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 14th June, 1993.] [14th June, 1993.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Forty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) (Amendment) Act, 1993. It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. In the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in Chapter IX, after section 106, the following section shall be inserted:— levy of ii 106A. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the y civic civic foregoing provisions of this chapter, every Planning amenity charge. Authority or Development Authority may, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder and with the previous sanction of the State Government, by notification 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. The civic amenity charge shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue. Short title and commencement. Insertion of new section 106A