Extraordinary Published by Authority

23A · (1) There shall be an Area Sabha in every ward comprising of one or more polling booths and consisting of persons whose names are included in the part of the electoral roll of the polling booth concerned.

15 · In sub-section (2) of section 45 of the principal Act, for the words "the proceedings", the words "the minutes of proceedings" shall be substituted.

16 · For section 49 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted :—

66 · No expenditure for any work or for purchase of any materials, as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act, shall be made by the Mayor, if the estimated cost of such work or purchase of such materials exceeds rupees fifty thousand, by the Mayor-in-Council if such cost exceeds rupees five lakh, and by the Corporation if such cost exceeds rupees one crore:

96C · (1) If any tank, pond, well, hole, stream, dam, bank or other place appears to the Corporation to be, for want of sufficient repair, protection or enclosure, dangerous to the passers-by or to persons living in the neighbourhood, the Corporation may by notice require the concerned owner to fill in, remove, repair,

96F · (1) No new well, tube-well, tank, pond, cistern, fountain or the like shall be dug or constructed without the permission of the Corporation.

961 · (1) The Mayor-in-Council may by notice require the owner of, or the person having control over, any private water course, spring, tank, well, or other place, the water of which is used for drinking, bathing, or washing, purposes, to keep the same in good repair and to cleanse it of silt, refuse or vegetation and to protect it from pollution by surface drainage in such manner as the Mayor-inCouncil may think fit.

96K · The Mayor-in-Council may, in the interest of public health, regulate or prohibit the washing of animals, clothes or other things or fishing in any public courses, tanks, etc. spring, tank, well, public water course or part thereof within the corporation area and may set apart any such place for drinking or bathing or washing clothes or animals or for any other specified purpose.

96M · (1) The Mayor-in-Council may by public notice prohibit the washing of clothes by washermen in pursuance of their calling, within the Corporation area except at—

96N · No person shall—

96Q · No person shall feed any animal, or permit any animal, which is kept for dairy purpose or may be used for food, to be fed, on filth.

96R · No person shall use, or permit to be used, any land or premises for keeping cattle, horse, pig, dog, or other quadruped animal or any kind of bird for any purpose whatsoever without, or otherwise than in conformity with, the terms of a licence granted by the Corporation on payment of such fees as may be determined by the Corporation by regulations :

96T · The Commissioner may—

96W · (1) The Mayor-in-Council may require, by written notice, the owner or the occupier of any land or building to comply with any of the following within such period as may be specified in the notice :—

96X · Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other law for the time being in force, the Corporation may take measures for abatement of any nuisance caused by the pollution of noise, foul odour, visual irritation, sensory annoyance, respiratory affection or the like in such cases and manners, and by fixing such standards, as may be prescribed.".

21 · After section 98 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted :—

98A · (1) The Corporation shall publish a Citizens' Charter containing the—

98B · (1) Every corporation shall publish,—

22 · In sub-clause(iii) of clause(d) of sub-section (1) of section 102 of the principal Act, the words ", and but which shall be a heavy passenger motor vehicle,", shall be omitted.

24 · For section substituted :— 109 of the principal Act, the following section shall be

25 · After section 115 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted :—

115A · The State Government may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, by an order, exempt any premises, in which any closed or sick industry, with certification from the Public Enterprise and Industrial Reconstruction Department of Government of West Bengal, is located, from payment of property tax:

115B · The Mayor-in-Council may exempt from payment of a portion of the property tax not exceeding fifty per cent of the actual gross amount of property tax on any premises, at least fifty percent area of which is exclusively used for Information Technology Industry or Information Technology enabled sectors, with the prior apprOval of the State Government.

115C · The Mayor-in-Council may exempt from payment of the property tax of any self occupied residential land or building or portion thereof, annual value of which does not exceed one thousand rupees and owned singly or jointly by citizen who attained the age

43 · of 1961.

119A · (1) Notwithstanding anything contained under section 119 of this Act and the provisions of the West Bengal Valuation Board Act, 1978, the State West Ben. Act LVII Government may, at any time, after the commencement of 1978.

20 · of 1972.

124 · of the principal Act shall be omitted.

125 · of the principal Act shall be omitted.

32 · After section 126 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted :—

157 · (1) Unless the amount entered in the assessment list is subsequently altered as provided in this Act, the amount entered in the list shall be deemed to be the

50 · For section 253 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted :—

51 · In section 273 of the principal Act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted :—

52 · For section 275 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted :—

53 · In section 361 of the principal Act, after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted :—

54 · In sub-section (1) of section 372 of the principal Act, after the words "any duty", the words ",including the duty in relation to the municipal fund," shall be inserted.

55 · In sub-section (2) of section 375 of the principal Act, for the word "prescribed", the words "determined by the Corporation, by regulations" shall be substituted.

56 · In sub-section (1) of section 388 of the principal Act, after the words "employee of the Corporation", the words "or the person or persons or agents of the Corporation," shall be inserted.

57 · In Schedule V of the principal Act, in column 1, after the entries "section 87, sub-section (3)" and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4) respectively, the following entries in column (1), and the entries relating thereto in columns (2), (3) and (4) respectively shall be inserted :—