Chandernagore Municipal Act, 1955
No: 18 Dated: Jun, 11 1955
THE CHANDERNACORE MUNICIPAL ACT, 1955
West Bengal Act XVIII of 1955
An Act to provide for better administration of the municipal affairs of Chandernagore by the establishment of a Municipal Corporation.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for better administration of the municipal affairs of Chandernagore by the establishment of a Municipal Corporation;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
1. Short title, application and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Chandernagore Municipal Act, 1955.
(2) It applies to Chandernagore.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(1) "Administrator of Chandernagore" means the person who immediately before the date of commencement of this Act has been in charge of the municipal affairs of Chandernagore;
(2) "Chandernagore" means Chandernagore as defined in the Chandernagore (Merger) Act, 1954 and includes any contiguous area which may be added thereto by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
(3) "the Bengal Act" means the Bengal Municipal. Act, 1932 as applied to Chandernagore under section 6 and Schedule I
(4) "the Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation of Chandernagore established under section 4;
(5) "Councillors", "Aldermen", "Mayor", "Deputy Mayor" and "Chief Executive Officer" respectively mean the "Councillors", "Aldermen" "Mayor", "Deputy Mayor" and "Chief Execu- , tive Officer" of the Corporation.
3. Repeal and savings:- All laws relating to matters provided for in this Act read with the Bengal Act and in force in Chandernagore immediately before the date of commencement of this Act shall, on and from that date, stand repealed:
Provided that any budget passed, assessment made, tax, rate, toll or fee assessed or imposed, permission or sanction granted, license or notice issued, plan approved under any of the laws aforesaid shall, in so far as it is in force immediately before that date and is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act read with the Bengal Act, be deemed to have been respectively passed, made, assessed, imposed, granted, issued or approved under this Act read with the Bengal Act and shall, unless altered, modified, cancelled, suspended or withdrawn, as the case may be, under this Act read with the Bengal Act, remain in force for the period, if any, for which it was so passed, made, assessed, imposed, granted, issued or approved.
4. The Corporation:- (1) For the purpose of the administration of the municipal affairs of Chandernagore there shall be established from the date of commencement of this Act a Corporation in Chandernagore, and such Corporation shall by the name of the "Municipal Corporation of Chandernagore" be a body corporate and have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall by the said name, sue and be sued.
(2) The properties mentioned in Schedule II along with all rights therein of whatsoever description used, enjoyed or possessed by the Administrator of Chandernagore immediately before the date of commencement of this Act shall, on and from such date, become vested in the Corporation.
(3) All rights, liabilities and obligations of the Administrator of Chandernagore in relation to any matter provided for in or under this Act shall, in so far as they were subsisting immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, be enforceable by or against the Corporation.