(1) This Act may be called the Howrah Municipal Short Act, 1965.
application
(2) It applies to Howrah as defined in this Act, ancedmmence-
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State went.
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the Definisubject or context,— tions.
(1) "Calcutta" means Calcutta as described in Schedule West I to the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951;
Ben. Act XXXIII (2) "the Calcutta Act" means the Calcutta Municipal of 1951. Act, 1951, as applied to Howrah under section 6 and Schedule B;
(3) "the Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation of Howrah constituted under section 4;
(4) "Councillors", "Aldermen", "Mayor", "Deputy Mayor" and "Commissioner" respectively mean the "Councillors", "Aldermen", "Mayor", "Deputy Mayor" and "Commissioner" of the Corporation;
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Act 1 of
1957.
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Act V 101'1919.
.(5) "Howrah" means the area described in Schedule A;
(6) "Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat or an Anchal Panchayat, as the case may be, constituted under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957; and
(7) "Union Board" means a Union Board established under the Bengal Village Self-Government Act,
1919.
2 The Howrah Act, 1965.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter H.—Constitution of the Corporation.— Sections 3-5.)
CHAPTER II.
Constitution of the Corporation.