West Bengal Act IV of 1947, For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 20th November, 1947, Pt. IVA, page 313; for Proceedings in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, see the Proceedings of the meeting of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly held on the 26th November, 1947.
THE WEST BENGAL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS ACT, 1947
AMENDED …………………. West Ben. Act XXXIV of 1948
West Ben. Act XV of 1949.
[30th December, 1947.]
An Act provide of the dissolution and constitution of certain district school boards.
WHEREAS under the award of the Boundary Commission parts of the districts of Jalpaigur, Malda, Nadia and Dinajur have been excluded from the Province of West Bengal;
AND WHEREAS the new districts of, This word was substituted for the word “Navadwip” by the West Bengal District School Boards (Amendment) Act, 1948 (West Ben. Act XXXIV of 1948). [Naida], West Dinajpur, Malda and Jalpaiguri have been constituted comprising respectively the parts of the former of districts of Nadia, Dinajpur, Malda and Jalpaiguri which have been included within West Bengal under the said award;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the dissolution and constitution of certain District School Boards;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-
Short title, and commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal District School Boards Act, 1947.
(2) It shall come into force on the date on which the West Bengal District School Boards Ordinance, 1947, ceases to operate.
Definition.
2. In this Act, the expression “Boundary Commission” means the Boundary Commission referred to in the Indian Independence Act, 1947.
Dissolution of certain district school boards.
3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bengal (Rural) Primary Education Act, 1930, or in any other law for the time being in force, on and from the date on which the award of the Boundary Commission came into force the District School Boards of the districts of Nadia, Dinajpur, Malda and Jalpaiguri constituted under the said Act shall be deemed to have been dissolved and every member of each such board shall be deemed to have been dissolved and every member of each such board shall be deemed to have ceased to hold office as such member in so far as such Boards had authority over any area included within West Bengal under the said award.
Constitution of certain school boards.
4. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bengal (Rural) Primary Education Act, 1930, or in any other law for the time being in force, the, this words was substituted for the word “Provincial” by para. 4(1) of the Adaptation of Laws Order, 1950. [State] Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute District School Boards of the districts of See foot-note 2 on page 5, ante. [Naida], West Dinajpur, Malda and Jalpaiguri before the publication of the notification constituting the District School Boards of the said districts under sub-section (1) of section 4 shall be deemed to have been made, issued, done, taken, instituted or commenced, as the case may be, by or against the respective District School Boards as so constituted as if such Boards had been constituted and were in existence at the time when such regulations were made, directions issued, thing done, action taken, suit instituted or proceedings commenced.
Continuance of action taken under West Bengal Ordinance XII of 1947.
7. Any notification issued or anything done or any action taken in exercise of any power conferred by the West Bengal District School Boards Ordinance, 1947, shall, on the said Ordinance ceasing to be in operation, be deemed to have been issued, done or taken in exercise of the powers conferred by this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 6th day of November, 1947. |
