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

West Hem Act IX of · 1979. 4 of 1939. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT West Bengal Act XXV of 1980 THE WEST BENGAL MOTOR VEHICLES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1980. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 21st June, 1980.] [21st June, 1980.] 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-first Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- This Act may be called the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax (Amendment) Act, 1980. In the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1979, after section II, the following section shall be inserted:- 11A. The State Government, if it thinks fit so to do in the public interest, may, by notification in the Official Gazette, exempt---Power to exempt from penalty under section (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 to him 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 this Act, in the State of West Bengal by virtue of a public carrier's permit granted under section 56 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, from payment of such of the penalty under section 11 as may be specified in the notification.". Short title. Insertion of new section 11A in West Hen. Act IX of 1979.