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

West Ben. Act XII of 1993. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act XLV of 1994 THE WEST BENGAL MUNICIPAL (SECOND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1994. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 10th October, 1994.] [10th October, 1994.] 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-fifth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Municipal (Second Amendment) Act, 1994. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. In section 2 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),— after clause (15), the following clause shall be inserted:— '(15A) 'District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate referred to in sub-section (1) of section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;'; in clause (19), the words and figures "under section 29" shall be omitted; clause (62A) shall be renumbered as clause (62B), and before clause (62B) as so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted:— `(62A) "Sub-divisional Magistrate" means the Subdivisional Magistrate referred to in sub-section (4) of section 20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973;'. Short title and commencement. Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act XII of 1993. 2 of 1974. Amendment of section 8. Amendment of section 14. Amendment of section 15. Amendment of section 17. Substitution of new section for section 22. (Sections 3-7.) 3. In section 8 of the princip