Ben. Act XIII of 1988.

Ben. Act XIII of 1988. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act V of 1989 THE DARJEELING GORKHA HILL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1989. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 8th April, 1989.] [8th April, 1989.] 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 Fortieth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 1. (1) This Act may be called the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (Amendment) Act, 1989. (2) Sections 5, 6, 9 and 10 shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 4th day of November, 1988. 2. In sub-section (3) of section 5 of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words "of the non-Nepali communities" the words "for minority communities" shall be substituted. 3. In section 8 of the principal Act, for the words, letter, figure and brackets "as defined in clause (d) of section 2.", the words and figure "from any one of the constituencies referred to in section 6." shall be substituted. 4. In clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 9 of the principal Act, the words "on such date as may be fixed by the Government" shall be omitted. 5. In section 13 of the principal Act, after sub-section (3), the following sub-sections shall be inserted:— "(4) If a person is elected to more than one seat in the General Council, then, unless within a period of thirty days from the Short title and commencement. Amendment ion 5

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