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

West Ben. Act IX of 1979. 0 GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act VI of 1999 THE WEST BENGAL MOTOR VEHICLES TAX (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1999. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 21st July, 1999.] [21st July, 1999.] 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 purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fiftieth 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, 1999. It shall come into force at once. In sub-section (1) of section 2 of the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1979 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— after clause (la), the following clause shall be inserted:— `(2a) "autorickshaw" means a motor vehicle having three wheels constructed or adopted and used to carry not more than three passengers for hire or reward excluding the driver. Explanation.—For the purposes of this clause, a motor vehicle having three wheels constructed or adopted and used to carry more than three passengers but not more than twelve passengers for hire or reward excluding the driver shall not be treated as autorickshaw. Such motor vehicle shall be regarded as motorcab or maxicab, considering its seating capacity under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;'. Short title and commencement. Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act IX of 1979. Amendment of section 4. (Section 3.) In sub-section (2) of section 4 of the principal Act,— after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted and shall be deemed to have been insert