(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Housing Board Act,
1972.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or Definitions.
context,—
(1) "Board" means the West Bengal Housing Board constituted under section 3;
(2) "Board premises" means any premises belonging to or vested in the Board or taken on lease by the Board or entrusted to the Board for management and use for the purpose of this Act;
(3) "Building materials" means such commodities or articles as are specified by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette to be building materials for the purposes of this Act;
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and commencement 171 The West Bengal Housing Board Act, 1972.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter II.-Establishment of the Board.-Section 3.)
(4) "by-laws" means by-laws made by the Board under section 44;
(5) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board;
(6) "Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation of Calcutta or the Municipal Corporation of Howrah or Chandemagore;
(7) "Housing Commissioner" means the Housing Commissioner appointed under section 12;
(8) "housing scheme" means a housing scheme made under this Act;
(9) "land" includes benefits to arise out of land and things attachedto the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth;
(10) "Land Acquisition Act" means the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 1 ,Nrof 1894.
est or the West Bengal Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, Act ri of 1948; 1948.
(11) "member" means the Chairman or any other member of the Board;
(12) "municipality" means a municipality (including a notified area) Ben. Act XV constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932;
of 1932.
(13) "premises" means any land or building or part of a building and includes,—
(i) gardens, grounds and out-houses, if any, appertaining to such building or part of a building, and
(ii) any fittings affixed to such building or part of a building for the more beneficial enjoyment thereof;
(14) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(15) "regulations" means regulations made by the Board under section 43;
(16) "year" means the year commencing on the 1st day of April and ending on the 31st day of March.
Constitution of the Board.
CHAPTER II Establishment of the Board