22nd March, 1973

 

An Act to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, in its application to West Bengal. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 1939, in its application to West Bengal, for the purpose and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:

 

Section 1 Short title

 

This Act may be called the Motor Vehicles (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1973.

 

Section 2 Application of the Act

 

The Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), shall, in its application to West Bengal, be amended in the manner hereinafter provided.

 

Section 3 Amendment of section 68HH of Act 4 of 1939

 

In this said Act, section 68HH inserted by section 3 of the Motor Vehicles (West Bengal Third Amendment) Act, 1967, shall be renumbered as section 68HA.

 

Section 4 Repeal and savings

 

(1) The Motor Vehicles (West Bengal Amendment) Ordinance, 1972, is hereby repealed.

 

(2) Anything done or any action taken under the said Act as amended by the Motor Vehicles (West Bengal Amendment) Ordinance, 1972, shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken under the said Act as amended by this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 11th day of December, 1972. Assent of the President first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 22nd March, 1973.