West Ben. Act XIII of 1988.

West Ben. Act XIII of 1988. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act XX of 1996 THE DARJEELING GORKHA HILL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1996. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 13th August, 1996.] [13th August, 1996] An Act to amend the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Forty-seventh Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (Amendment) Act, 1996. It shall come into force at once. 2. After section 18 of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), the following section shall be inserted:— `Disqualification on change of political party by Councillors. 18A. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or in any other law for the time being in force, the prescribed authority for the General Council (hereinafter referred to as the prescribed authority) may, subject to the other provisions of this section, declare, for reasons to be recorded in writing, a Councillor to be disqualified for being a Councillor thereof, if— (a) he is an elected Councillor set up by a recognised political party and has— (i) voluntarily given up his membership of such recognised political party, or (ii) exercised the voting right contrary to the manner of voting of the majority Councillors set up by such recognised political party; or Short title and commencement. Insertion of new section 18A in West Ben. Act XIII of 1988. (Section 2.) (b) he

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