Extraordinary Published by Authority — The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993

MAGHA 25 ] Rolkata agtte the Extraordinary Published by Authority WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [SAKA 1928 PART I—Orders and Notifications by the Governor of West Bengal, the High Court, Government Treasury, etc. The West Bengal Municipal (Building) Rules, 2007 NOTIFICATION No. 67/MA/0/C-4/3R-8/2002 Kolkata, the 14th day of February, 2007. In exercise of the power conferred by sub-section (1) of section 417, read with section 198 of the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 (West Ben. Act XXII of 1993) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Governor is pleased hereby to make, after previous publication as required by sub-section (1) of section 417 of the said Act, the following rules:— Part Preliminary 1. Short title, application and commencement: These rules may be called the West Bengal Municipal (Building) Rules, 2007. Except as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall apply to buildings in the municipal areas, notified areas and Industrial Townships in West Bengal. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions: In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,— "the Act" means the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 (West Ben. Act XXII of 1993); "addition to a building" means addition to the cubic content or to the floor area of a building; "area", in relation to a building, means the superficies of a horizontal section thereof made at the plinth level, inclusive of the external walls and such portion of the party-walls as belongs to the building; "advertising sign" means any surface of a structure with characters, letters, illustrations or illuminations applied thereto and displayed in any manner whatsoever to public view for the purposes of advertising or giving information regarding, or for attracting t