Short title and commencement. — The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993

SRAVANA 28] Short title and commencement. aGrye °Matt( agile gartiqqrA Extraordinary Published by Authority MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 2002 PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. 1338-L.-19th August, 2002.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information:— West Bengal Act XVI of 2002 THE WEST BENGAL MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 19th August, 2002.] 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 Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2002. This section shall come into force at once; and the remaining sections 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 sections of this Act. [SAKA 1924 West Ben. Act XXII of 1993. Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act XXII of 1993. Amendment of section 3. Amendment of section 7. Amendment of section 14. The West Bengal Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2002. (Sections 2-5.) In section 2 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— (a) after clause (49), the following clause shall be inserted:— `(49A) "Property tax" means a rate assessed, on building or buildings, or on lands or on both, and includes surcharge levied on pr