West Bengal Act IV of 1947 t- THE WEST BENGAL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS ACT,
1947. [Passed by the PrIst Bengal Legislature.] [Assent dthe Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, .of the 30th December, 1947.] iv An Act to provide for the dissolution and nstitntion of . certain district schoo4 boards. WHEREAS under the award of the Boundary Commission parts of the districts of Jalpaiguri, Malda, Nadia and Dinajpur have been ,excluded from the Province of West Bengai ; AND WHEREAS the new districts of Itmvadwip:-, West Dinajpur, Malda and Jalpaiguri have ben constituted Comprising respectively the parts of the former :districts of Nadia, Dinajpur, Malda and Jalpaiguri which have been included within est Bengal under the said award; AND Willi:MA S it is expedient to provide for the dissolution and constitution of certain district school boards; ,It is hereby enacted as follows :-
1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal District Short title School Boards Act, 1947. and
(2) It shall come into force on the date on which the co mencein- West Ben. West Bengal District School Boards Ordinance, 1947, ceases ment. Ord. XII to operate. -of 1947.
2. In this Act, the expression "Boundary Commission" -• means qthe Boundary Commission referred to in the Indian Definition. 10 & 11, Independence Act, 1947. 'Geo. VI,
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3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bengal_ Ben. Act (Rural) Primary Education Act, 19n, or in any other law ,tion of. VIT. of for the time being in force, on and from the date on which certain • 19. the award of the Boundary Commission came into force the district Distfite School Boards of the districts of Nadia, Dinajpur, boards. school Malda and Jalpaiguri constituted under the said Act shall he 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 7.1bards had authority over - any area included within West Bengal under the said award.
4. (I) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Bengal Constitu-(Rural) Primary Education Act,' 1930, or in any other law tion of for the time being in force, the Provincial Government may, certain by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute district district school boards of the districts of 11T.ay.a,c1wip,i West Dinajpur, boards l Malda and Jalpaiguri in such manner and consisting of such number of members as it may determine in this behalf. • (2) The district school boards constituted under subsection (/) shall be deemed to have been constituted on and from the date on which the award of the Boundary Commission carne into force. Price—Indian, annas 2; English, 3d. 2 The West 'Bengal District School Boards Act, 1947. Vilest Bengal Act IV of 1947.1 - - (Sections .5-7) ,,. Term of
5. The Provincial Government may, by notification in dace of the Offi,cial Gazette, fix_ the terra of office of ine-mbers of the m embers. district school boards cOnstit.nted under. section 4 for such peri*d as the Provincial Government may think -Proper. . . .1.. Savings. 6. Any regulation.s made or directions issue or anything - .A: ' done or any action taken Or anY suit instituted or any proceedin.gs commenced by or a gainst the district school bbards dissolved under section 3 in nlation. to the areas comprised in the districts ol Aavadw.ip,:vWest Dinajp-dr, Malda and 3'alpaiguri before the public-tion di the notification constituting the district school boards of the said districts under, strip-section. (I) 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 if Such boards had been constitut, ed and were in existence at the time when such regulations were made, directions issued, thing done, action taken, suit - instituted 'or proceedings commenced. , . , of- 7. Any notification issued or anything done or any actipn. ance of ,taken in exercise of' any power conterreeby t1.- West Bengal action District School Boards Ordinance, 1947, shall, on the said West Bemi West been issued, done or taken in exercise of the po-cvers conferred - ofOit947. '' taken Ordinance, ceasing to be in operation, be deemed to have Bengal this Act as if this Act had commenced on the 6th day (If under X-11 of November, 1947. Ordinance
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