Howrah Municipal Act, 1965
No: 17 Dated: Jul, 24 1965
THE HOWRAH MUNICIPAL ACT, 1965
West Bengal Act XVII of 1965
An Act to provide for better administration of the ?municipal affairs of Howrah by the establishment of a Municipal Corporation.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for better administration of the municipal affairs of Howrah by the establishment of a Municipal Corporation;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixteenth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows :—
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent, commencement:- (1) (1) This Act may be called the Howrah Municipal Act, 1965.
(2) It applies to Howrah as defined in this Act.
(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) "Calcutta" means Calcutta as described in Schedule I to the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951;
(2) "the Calcutta Act" means the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, as applied to Howrah under section 6 and Schedule B;
(3) "the Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation of Howrah constituted under section 4;
(4) "Councillors", "Aldermen", "Mayor", "Deputy Mayor" and "Commissioner" respectively mean the "Councillors", "Aldermen", "Mayor", "Deputy Mayor" and "Commissioner" of the Corporation;
(5) "Howrah" means the area described in Schedule A;
(6) "Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat or an Anchal Panchayat, as the case may be, constituted under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957; and
(7) "Union Board" means a Union Board established under the Bengal Village Self-Government Act, 1919.
CHAPTER II
Constitution of the Corporation
3. The Corporation:- (1) For the purpose of the administration of the municipal affairs of Howrah there shall be constituted a Corporation as provided in section 4 and such Corporation shall, by the name of the Municipal Corporation of Howrah, 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 along with all rights therein of whatsoever description used, enjoyed or possessed, immediately before the date of constitution of the Corporation, by the Commissioners of the municipality of Howrah or Bally, as constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, or by any Union Board or Panchayat, as the case may be, included within the area of Flowrah shall, on and from such date, become vested in the Corporation.
(3) All rights, liabilities and obligations of the Commissioners of the said municipality of Howrah•or Bally and of the said Union Board or Panchavat, as the case may be, 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 constitution of the Corporation, be enforceable by or against the Corporation.