West Ben. Act IX of 1979. — The West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1979

West Ben. Act IX of 1979. 4 of 1939. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT West Bengal Act XLVI of 1983 THE WEST BENGAL MOTOR VEHICLES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1983. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 12th February, 1985.] [12th February, 1985.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1979. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1979, for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax (Amendment) Act, 1983. It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April, 1981. For section 11A of the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1979, the following section shall be substituted:— "Power to specify fixed rate of penalty in certain cases. 11A. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the State Government may, if it considers necessary so to do in the public interest, by notification in the py penalty for non-payment of tax under this Act payable by— Official Gazette, specify a fixed rate of dhiAblb (a) the owner of any motor vehicle who is authorised to operate in the State of West Bengal by virtue of a national permit granted under sub-section (11) of section 63 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, or (b) any public carrier who is permitted to operate, subject to any rules made or deemed to have been made under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, in the State of West Bengal by virtue of a public carrier's permit granted under section 56 of that Act. The notification under sub-section (1) may specify the date