West Ben. Act XXII of 1993. — The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993

West Ben. Act XXII of 1993. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act XIII of 1995 THE WEST BENGAL MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1995. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 4th September, 1995.] [4th September, 1995.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Municipal (Amendment) Act, 1995. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act. In section 2 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— (a) clause (1) shall be re-numbered as clause (IA) and before clause (1A) as so re-numbered, the following clause shall be inserted:— `(1) "annual valuation" means annual value, and includes determination of annual value where the context so requires;'; (b) after clause (11), the following clause shall be inserted:— VIA) "Councillor" in relation to a Municipality means a person chosen by direct election from a ward of the Municipality;'; (c) for clause (35), the following clause shall be substituted:— `(35) "municipal area" means an area constituted as a municipal area under section 6;'; Short title and commencement. Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act XXII of 1993. Amendment of section 3. Amendment of section 7. Amendment of section 14. Amendment of section 18. Insertion o