(1) With effect from such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, there shall be established a Commission by the name of the West. Bengal Heritage Commission.
(2) The Commission shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.
4. The Commission shall be chaired by an eminent person with concern and commitment for Heritage Conservation and shall consist of not more than twenty-one members, interested in all matters relating to the national and regional heritage. The Commission shall consist of a Chairperson And the following members:—
(a) Director of Archaeology and Museum, Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal;
(b) a representative of a Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal (preferably an Environmentalist);
(c) a representative of the Department of Urban Development, Government of West Bengal (preferably a Structural Engineer or an Architect);
(d) a representative of the Municipal Affairs Department or the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, Government of West Bengal;
Establishment of Commission.
Composition of Commission.
83 The West Bengal Heritage Commission Act, 2001.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter 11.—Establishment of Commission.—Sections 5-7.)
(e) six members of the Municipal Corporations and the Municipalities in West Bengal, of whom not less than two shall be the Mayor, Calcutta Municipal Corporation, and the Mayor, Howrah Municipal Corporation, or their nominees, one shall be the representative of the Municipalities of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong in the District of Darjeeling and the other three from amongst other Municipal Corporations, Municipalities and Zino Parishads in West Bengal, to be nominated by the State Government;
(f) eleven members from the areas of specialisation, namely, History, Art-History, Fine Arts, Architecture, Conservation, Law (with special reference to property matters), Structural Engineering, Town and Country Planning, Industry and Commerce, of whom two shall be from Industry and Commerce.
Terms and conditions of service of members.
Meetings of Commission.
Vacancies amongst members, or defect in the constitution, of Commission not to invalidate acts or proceedings of Commission.