West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) (Amendment) Act, 2012
[West Bengal Act 35 of 2012] [14th January, 2013]
CONTENTS
1. Short title and commencement
2. Amendment of sections of West Ben. Act XXXVIII of 1994
3. Amendment of Section 7
4. Amendment of Section 8
An Act to amend the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994 (West Ben. Act XXXVIII of 1994), for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-third 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 West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) (Amendment) Act, 2012.
(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 of West Ben. Act XXXVIII of 1994.—In Section 5 of the West Bengal Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Identification) Act, 1994, (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act),—
(1) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted:—
“(b) in Kolkata, by such officer as the State Government may, by notification, authorise.”;
(2) for Explanation I, the following Explanation shall be substituted:—
‘Explanation I.— “Kolkata” means Kolkata as defined in clause (9) of Section 2 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 (West Ben. Act LIX of 1980).’;
(3) for Explanation II, the following Explanation shall be substituted:—
‘Explanation II.— For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that for the purposes of this Act, an officer authorised under clause (b) of this section, shall have jurisdiction over Kolkata.’.
3. Amendment of ## Section 7.—In Section 7 of the principal Act, for the words and figures “the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, or the Additional District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas authorised by the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas,”, the words “an officer authorised” shall be substituted.
4. Amendment of ## Section 8.—In clause (b) of Section 8 of the principal Act, for the words and figures “the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas, or the Additional District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas authorised by the District Magistrate, South 24-Parganas,”, the words “an officer authorised” shall be substituted.
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1. Received the assent of the Government on 14th January, 2013, and was published in the West Bengal Gazette, Extraordinary, dated January 14, 2013.