CONTENTS

1. Short title and commencement

2. Amendment of section 3 of West Ben. Act VII of 2006

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[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature]

An Act to amend the East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006.

West Ben. Act VII of 2006.—Whereas it is expedient to amend the East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006, for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing;

It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:—

## Section 1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) (Amendment) Act, 2017.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. Amendment of ## Section 3 of West Ben. Act VII of 2006.—2. For sub-section (2) of section 3 of the East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006, the following sub-section shall be substituted:—

“(2) The Authority shall consist of the following Members:—

(i) Minister-in-Charge, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal, Chairperson;

(ii) the Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Member;

(iii) the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal, Member-Secretary;

(iv) the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, Department of Land and Land Reforms and Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation, Government of West Bengal, Member;

(v) the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, Department of Fisheries, Government of West Bengal, Member;

(vi) the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, Department of Forests, Government of West Bengal, Member;

(vii) the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, Department of Panchayats and Rural Development, Member;

(viii) the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, Department of Irrigation and Waterways, Member;

(ix) the Additional Chief Secretary or the Principal Secretary or the Secretary, as the case may be, Department of Tourism, Member;

(x) four experts to be nominated by the State Government each in the areas of wetland ecology, hydrology, fisheries and socio-economics, Members.”.