THE WEST BENGAL SECURITY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950
West Bengal Act 46 of 1950
[5th November, 1950]
An Act to amend the West Bengal Security Act, 1950.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Security Act, 1950, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Security (Amendment) Act, 1950.
(2) Sections 2, 3, 5 and 6 shall come into force on the date on which the West Bengal Security (Amendment) Ordinance, 1950, and the West Bengal Security (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1950, cease to operate; the rest of the Act shall come into force at once.
2 to 5. [Amendments incorporated in West Bengal Act 19 of 1950.]
6. Savings and validation. - (1) Any order made, any action taken or anything whatsoever done under the said Act, as amended by the West Bengal Security (Amendment) Ordinance, 1950, shall, on the said Ordinance ceasing to operate, be deemed to have been made, taken or done under the said Act as amended by this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 14th day of August, 1950.
(2) Any direction made, any action taken or anything whatsoever done under the said Act as amended by the West Bengal Security (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1950, shall, on the said Ordinance ceasing to operate, be deemed to have been made, taken or done under the said Act as amended by this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 18th day of September, 1950.
(3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any order made or deemed or purported to have been made, or any notification issued or deemed or purported to have been issued, or any direction given or deemed or purported to have been given, under any provision of the said Act, by -
(i) the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, or
(ii) the First Land Acquisition Collector, Calcutta, or
(iii) the Second Land Acquisition Collector, Calcutta, or
(iv) a District Magistrate, or
(v) an Additional District Magistrate, or
(vi) the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Alipore, 24-Parganas,
in exercise or discharge or the purported exercise or discharge of any power or duty, in pursuance of any notified order made or deemed or purported to have been made by the State Government, under section 38 of the said Act as in force immediately before the commencement of the West Bengal Security (Second Amendment) Ordinance, 1950, shall be deemed to be and to have always been valid. |
