The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2023

No. WB(Part-III)/2024/SAR-9

Registered No. WB/SC-247

Walkata Gayttt

Extraordinary Published by Authority

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2024 [SAKA 1946

CHAITRA 7]

PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature.

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL

LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative

NOTIFICATION

No. 351-L.--27th March, 2024.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information:—

West Bengal Act XVII of 2023

THE KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2023.

[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 27th March, 2024.]

An Act to amend the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980.

West Ben. Act L1X of 1980.

WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-

1. (1) This Act may be called the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2023.

Short title and commencement.

2 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 27, 2024 ART III

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2023. (Section 2.)

1. (2) This section shall come into force at once and the remaining section shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Amendment of section 172 of West Ben.

In clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 172 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, (i) in sub-clause (iv), after the words "the State Government,", the word "or" shall be inserted; (ii) after sub-clause (iv), the following sub-clause shall be inserted:— "(v) any land or building comprising educational institutions, administered or aided by the State Government,".