THE COOCH BEHAR MUNICIPAL ACT, 1944
(Cooch Behar Act II of 1944).
Throughout the Act. – For “State” substitute “district” except where otherwise specifically provided; for “Cooch Behar Gazette” substitute “Official Gazette”; for “Durbar” substitute “State Government”; for “Fouzdari Ahilkar” substitute “District Magistrate”.
Section I. – In sub-section (2) omit “after publication in the Cooch Behar Gazette with the assent of His Highness Maharaja Bhup Bahadur”.
Section 4. – In sub-clause (b) of clause (10) for “His Highness the Maharaja Bhup Bahadur in Council” substitute “State Government”.
Omit clause (15).
Section 15. – For clause (ii) of sub-section (2) substitute “(ii) is a citizen of India, and”.
Section 25. – In sub-section (1) omit “and section 171J of the Cooch Behar Penal Code concerning an election under this Act”; in clause (c) of sub-section (1) omit “section 171J of the Cooch Behar Penal Code concerning an election under this Act and”; in sub-section (3) omit “and section 171J of the Cooch Behar Penal Code concerning an election under this Act”.
Section 26. – In sub-section (1) for “Civil Judge of the State” substitute “District Judge”; in clause (a) of sub-section (2) insert “1908” after “Code of Civil Procedure”.
Section 33. – In clause (b) of sub-section (1) for “His Highness the Maharaja Bhup Bahadur, his heirs and successors” substitute “the Union of India”.
Section 60.- For “State” substitute “Government”.
Section 63. – In sub-section (3) for “Cooch Behar Registration Act, 1921” substitute “Indian Registration Act, 1908”.
Section 65. – In clause (c) for “State funds by His Highness the Maharaja Bhup Bahadur or by the Durbar” substitute “Consolidated Fund of the State”.
Section 74. – For this section substitute the following.:-
Audit of Accounts.-
74. The accounts of the Municipal Funds shall be audited at such times and in such manner as the State Government prescribe”.
Section 122. – In the proviso to sub-section (1) for “State” substitute “Government”.
Section 190. – For clauses (a) and (b) substitute –
“(a) prescribing the standard weights and measures to be used within the municipality, namely, -
(i) Government standard weights, that is to say, one maund consisting of 40 seers, one seer consisting of 80 tolas and one tola consisting of 180 grains; or
(ii) a standard cubit consisting of 18 inches for the measure of commodities other than land; or
(iii) both the weights and the measures of length mentioned in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) respectively;
(b) providing standards of the weights and measures so prescribed;”
Section 191. – For sub-section (1) substitute –
“(1) Where the Commissioners of any municipality have made by-laws under section 190 prescribing standard weights and measures to be used within the municipality, they may, at a meeting by an order published in the prescribed manner, prohibit the use within the municipality of any maund, seer or tola or any cubit measure other than such as conform with the standard prescribed in the said by-laws.”
In sub-section (2) for the words “when such standard weights or measures or both are in force” substitute “when such order has been published”.
Adulteration Act, 1919”.
Sections 221 and 234. – For “Cooch Behar Penal Code” substitute “Indian Penal Code.”
Section 227. – In clause (c) of sub-section (1) for “His Highness the Maharaja Bhup Bahadur of Cooch Behar” substitute “State Government”.
SCHEDULE II.
[See section 3 (3).]
(1) The Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1859 (XI of 1859).
(2) The Bengal Land Revenue Sales Act, 1868 (Bengal Act VII of 1868).
(3) The Village Chaukidari Act, 1870 (Bengal Act VI of 1870).
(4) The Bengal Village Chaukidari Act, 1871 (Bengal Act I of 1871).
(5) The Cess Act, 1880 (Bengal Act IX of 1880).
(6) The Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885 (VIII of 1885).
(7) The Bengal Village Self – Government Act, 1919 (Bengal Act V of 1919).
(8) The Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 (Bengal Act XV of 1932).
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