(1) The State Government may by notification make Power t.
rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
rumakie:. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the matters which, under any provision of this Act are required to be prescribed or to be provided for by rules.
(3) Any rule made under this Act may provide that any person committing a breach thereof shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees and in the case of a continuing breach with an additional fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees for every day during which such breach continues after conviction for the first such breach.
8 The Hooghly River Bridges Act, 1968.
[President's Aet32 of 1968.]
Reasons for the enactment The fast growing volume of traffic between Calcutta and Howrah has made it urgently necessary to provide an additional bridge or bridges over the river Hooghly with a view to relieve congestion over the existing Howrah bridge (Rabindra Setu) and meet the needs of future traffic in the area. In order to go ahead with the construction of an additional bridge, the Government of West Bengal considers it necessary to constitute a statutory body of Bridge Commissioners and to provide for other matters relating to the construction, maintenance, control, financing, etc., of the additional bridge or bridges. It is not possible to do so under the existing Howrah Bridge Act, 192G, as that Act exclusively relates to the Howrah Bridge (Rabindra Setu).
2. This measure accordingly seeks to provide for the constitution of a body of Bridge Commissioners and the functions to be performed by them in the construction, maintenance and control of the additional bridge or bridges across the river Hooghly. falling within the limits of the Port of Calcutta. It also provides for other allied matters relating to the financing of the bridge, the levy of tolls on vehicular and animal traffic, etc.
3. The Committee constituted under the proviso to sub-section (2) of section 3 of the West Bengal State Legislature (Delegation of Powers) Act, 1968 (6 of 1968), has been consulted before the enactment of this -measure as a President's Act.
WBGP-6819-4213A•411.
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