0 West Bengal Act VI of 1952l THE WEST BENGAL LEGISLATURE (REMOVAL OF DISQUALIFICATIONS) ACT, 1952. I Wcsl Bcn. Acl XI of 1960. Order No. 1504-L, dated [he 3 1.7.70. I Wesl Ben. Act 111 01 983. p e s t Ben. AcL V11 of 1984. All Act lo declare ~ltat rlre 11oldr.rr of ccrtailr oJfices of profir rrrrcler rlre Govenlme~~r of l~idia or rlze Gover)irrre~~r of o)ly State specified it1 the Firs1 Scl~erlrrle ro {he Co~i.~rifstiot~ of I~irlia . ~ f ~ a l l rlor be df~*rlri~lliJicd for bei~lg chosel~ as, nrld for beir~g, alcr~bers uf ttrc WPSI Be~rgrri hg i s ln~ iveAsse~~rb l y '* * * * * w WHERWS I I is expedienl lo declare in accordance with [he provisions conlained in sub-clause (a) oTcJause (I) of ar~icle 19 I - n F h e Consri~urion of India rhar [he holders of certain offices of profir undcr thc Govcrnmcn~ o l India or Ihc Govcrnmcnt uT any S!atc spcoificd in rhc First Schcdulc 10 thc said Cons~i~ulion shall no1 bc disqualified for hcjng choscn as. and for being, members or [he West Bengal Legislalive Assembly ?* * * * *. 11 is hereby enacled as follows:-
1. ( I) This Act may bccallcd rhc Wesl Bcngal Legislature (Removal of Disqualifications) Acr. 1952. West Ben. (2) I t shal t come inlo force immedia~ely on d~e\Vesl Bengal Legislarure Ord. I l l of
1952. (Removal of Disqualificalions) Ordinance, 1952, ceasing to operate. '2. It is hcrcby dcclarcd h a t a person shall not bc disqunliiicd for being cl~osen as, and for being, a member of [he Wesl Bengal Legislalive 'For St~tcr~~cnt of Objectsand Reuons.seerheC~~lcr~rt~ G~rene. Exfruordir~un datcdthe 16fh lunc, 1952. PI. IVA. page 1148: lor prowcdings otthc Wcst Bcngal Lcgislarivc Asscn~bly.reethc piocrddingsolrhz mwringof the \Vest B c n g l Legislarivc A w ~ n b l y hcld on the ?. 1st Junc.. 1952; and (or pmcccdings or the Wcsr Bcngal Lcgislauve Council. 5ce Ihc pr~erdingsotthr rnccting ofthc Wcst ~cngdLcgislaiivcCouncil hcldonrhe4rh July. 1951. The words "or. thc \Vcs~ B c n g d LcgislmivcCouncil"rvcrc on~itrcd, in rhc 'Long Ti~lc' and the 'Preanthlz'. by Odrr No. 1501-L. dared h e 31.7.70, published in the Cr~lcrrrru Gflzerre. Er~mrd~rtn~. of 1970, Pan I. pagc 1708. 'This wcrion w x substituted lor thc oricinal scciion bv s. 2 01 thc Wcst Bcneal Shon tirlr: and cornrncnccmenr. Rcrnovd or ccnain disqudilica- [ions Tor ~l~cnlbcrship. Legislarure (Kcrnoval of Disqu~lifiarionsl ~~r;cndmcn~l ~ct,'1954 (\Vcsr Bcn. A C ~ X X ~ I I o f 19.54). 346 Tlie West Bel~gal Legi.~lurare (Retnoval of Disqlmlificario~rs) Act 1952. [West Ben. Act (Section 2.) Assembly or the West Bengal LegisIaLivc Council by reason only of thc Tact-
(i) thar he holds any of the following officcs of profit under the Government of Indiaor the Government of any Statespecified in [he First Schcdule to rhc Constitudon of India, namely:-
(a) an officc of a Parliamentary Secretary or a Parliamen tary Undcr-Sccrctary;
(b) an office which is nor a wholetime office remuneralcd either by salary or by fees; I * * =(c) an office in connection with rhc managcmcni or any propcrly rakcn over by the Slale Governnlent For a limi tcd pcriod undcra law made under sub-clause (b) of clause (1) of article 31A of h e Conslilulion of India, when held by apcrson who was cmploycd in conncclion wilh the management of [he propefly before such taking ovcr;3* * * 4(d) h e office of chairman or member of a Road Transport Corporation cstablishcd under section 3 of he Road Transport Corporations ACI, 1950, 5[or [he office of 64 or 1950. mcmbcr or the Wcsl BengaI PolIution Conlrol Board constilured under section 4 of thc Wa~cr (Prcvcnlion 1974, and Conirol of Pollurion) ACL, 1974,] if thc holder or such ollicc is nolcndrled Lo any rernuneralion olher than compcnsarory allowance. E.rplurturion.-For the purpose of [his sub-clause, "compcnsarory allowance" shall mean any sum of money payable to the holder of the office as aforesaid hy way of daily allowance [such allowancc nor cxcccding thc amounr of daily allowance LO which a member of the Wesr Bengal Lcgislaljve Assembly is enlitled under the Bengal Legislative Assembly (Members' Ernolumenls) Ben. Acr 11 Acr. 19371, any conveyance allowance, house-rent 1937. allowanuc or travelling allowancc lor thc purpose of enabling him to recoup any expendi(ure incurrcd by him in pcrlbrming rhc Functions of lhal oilicc; or 'The word '-of' WE- omilrcd by s. ?(A) of (he Wcsi Bcngd legislalure (Removal of DisquJifiudons) (Amendment) A c ~ . 1960 t\Ves1 Ben. Act X I of 1960), 'Sub-clausc [v) w a inscned by s. 3R) . ibid. 'Thc rvord "or" was o~uiilcd by s. '(3 o f ihc Wcrl Ecngal Lrgisla~urc (Rcrnovd or Disqudihu~ions) (Amendmen0 Act. 1983 (Wcs~ Ben. Acr 111 o f 1983). 'Sub-clausc (dl WJS ~nscned hy s. I(h), ibid. T b c words. figurcs and bnckeis within the square bnckers we= inserled by S. 2 of lhc Wcsi Bcngd Lgislarurr: (Removal ~IDiqudi l ic~t ions) (Arnendrnen~) Act, 1984(Wcst Ben. ACI VII o i 19114). (Sections 3, 4.) : XXXI of
1948. :. LVI or 1948. Wcst Rcn. Act I of 11-19,
(ii) [hat he has been enrolled in rhc National Cadct Corps raised and maintained under hc Nalional Cadet Corps Acl. 1948, or in the Territorial Army raised and maintained undcr Ihc Territorial Army Acr, 1948, or in the West Bcngal Nalianal VolunteerForceraiscd and mainmined undcrhe West Bengal Na~ional Volunteer Force Ac!, 1949 '[or in the Air Dcfcncc Reserve or the Auxiliary Air Force raised and mainrained under the Rescrvc and A u x i l i q Air Forces Act, 19521, and receives emolumcnrs consequcnl hereon.
3. The Bcngal Legisla~urc (Removal of Disqualifications) AN 1937 g$ it, and lhc LegisIative Assembly of West Bengal (Rcmoval of 1 1 1 ~ f 1 9 3 7 Disqualifications) Acl, 1950, arc hcrcby repealed. and Bengal Wcsl ACI XXXVIII of
1950. JVCSI Ben. 4. On [he Wesl Bcngal Legislature (Rcmoval of Disqualjficauons) savinF, Or'. 'I1 Or Ordinance, 1952, ceasing lo operare, s c c h n 8 of thc Bengal General 1952, Bcn. ACI I of Clauses Act, 1899, shall apply as if thc said Ordinancc were an enactmcnL
1899. rhcn repealed by a West Bengal Act. - -- 'Thcsc wards within the s q u m hnckcts with ~ h e marginal rclerencr: wcw inscncd by s. 2 o l ~ h c West Bcngal Lcgisla~ure (Removal of Disqudificarions) (An~cndmcn~ 1 Acl, 1959 (Wcsr Bcn. Acr XXlI of 1959).