West Ben. Act XVI of 1972. — The West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972

West Ben. Act XVI of 1972. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT West Bengal Act XL of 1974 THE WEST BENGAL APARTMENT OWNERSHIP (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1974. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 1st October, 1974.] [1st October, 1974.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Twenty-fifth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:— I. This Act-may be called the West Bengal Apartment Ownership (Amendment) Act, 1974. 2. In section 2 of the West Bengal Apartment Ownership Act, 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), in the proviso, for the word "actually", the word "mainly" shall be substituted. 3. In section 3 of the said Act,— (1) in clause (c), after the words "four or more apartments", the words "or more than one building each containing four or more apartments comprised in the same property" shall be added, (2) in sub-clause (3) of clause (d), after the words "gardens, parking areas", the words ", shopping centres, schools, garages" shall be inserted, and (3) after clause (i), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— Va) "owner", in relation to a property or part thereof or an apartment, includes, for the purposes of this Act excepting the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 4 thereof, a lessee of such property or part or of such apartment, where the lease is for a period of thirty years or more; Short title. Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act XVI of 1972. Amendment of section 3. Insertion of new section 3A. Amendment of sect