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notifications · 1994 · West Bengal
Parent: The West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994 (9cc63d87660d39ac8de10f65647b4fa39b7fe7cc)
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Rotkata SRAVANA 31] Short title and comma cement. Amendment of section 29 of West Ben. Act XXXIV of 1994. Tbt Iwzafarmic Extraordinary Published by Authority TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2006 [SARA 1928 PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. I 052-L.-22nd August, 2006.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information :— West Bengal Act XXI of 2006 THE WEST BENGAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 22nd August, 2006.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-seventh Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Municipal Elections (Amendment) Act, 2006. 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 section 29 of the West Bengal Municipal Elections Act, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be substituted:— "(4) The office of the Chairperson of a Municipality shall be reserved for a woman candidate for the first term if at least fifty per cent of the total number of elected members are women. The office of the Chairperson of a Municipality shall be reserved for a Scheduled Caste candidate for the second term if at least fifty per cent of the electeRule TOC
70A · If any person is elected in more than one constituency in an election, he shall, within sixty days from the date of the first meeting of the Board of Councillors, after a municipal general election, resign from the constituency excepting one constituency which he shall represent in the Municipality. On his failing to do so within the stipulated time, the Commission, in consultation with the State Government, declare the constituency, excepting one constituency which he shall represent in the Municipality, vacant:
