West Ben. Act XXXIV of 1994. — The West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994

West Ben. Act XXXIV of 1994. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act IX of 2000 THE WEST BENGAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 3rd April, 2000.] [3rd April, 20001 An Act to amend the West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Municipal Elections (Amendment) Act, 2000. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 21st day of February, 2000. 2. In section 2 of the West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), after clause (r), the following clause shall be inserted:— (rr) "voting machine" means any machine or apparatus, whether operated electronically or otherwise, used for giving, or recording of, votes, and any reference to a ballot-box or ballot-paper in this Act or the rules made thereunder shall, save as otherwise provided, be construed to include a reference to a voting machine used at any election;'. In sub-section (1) of section 62 of the principal Act, after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted:— "(aa) any voting machine develops a mechanical failure during the course of giving, or recording of, votes; or". Short title and corninencement. Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act XXXIV of 1994. Amendment of section 62. Amendment of section 64. Amendment of section 88. Repeal and saving. (Sections 4-6.) 4. To section 64 of the principal