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1956. Pan IVA, pagc 407;for pmctcdingsof h c Wcsr Bengal Lcgisla~ivc Asscn~bly,scecheprocccdingsolrhr. nrclingsoirht \ V a t B c n g d L r g ~ h i v c A s s c m b l yheld on the 10th Scprcmkr. 1955, and 111c 15rh. ZDlh, 2 1 ~ 123nl , and 34th Mnrch, 1956;,yld for pmcecdinpsoC11ic Wcs~BengalLrgisl~liueCouncil.~ec hi: pmwdingsof ~ h mrzilngs z of the \Vest Bcngal Lfislalivc Cuuncil held on h e 41h Octobcr, 1955 and ~ h c2 Isr and 28ihMarch. 1956. T h e provisions o f h i s Act rrlaing to rhc sewyc d i s p s a l scheme for ~ h Municipality c or Howmhshs!I stand r c d e d n i ~ cffcclh lromthc d a ~ c o l v m i n pin l thc CdcuaaMcrmnolim \Valcr and Smitalion ;brurhorily of Ihc works rclaring to such ;chcme, vide s c c ~ i o nt(k(2) or the Calcutia McmpaLiian Watcr and S ~ i t a ~ i Authorily on Acr 1966 (Wcst Ben. Act XlIl or 1966). 'This Aci ws bmught inro force \\$lhcffr~tfromtht261h Imunry, 1957, ride NouCulion No. 595-M. 1 A39156,datcdrhe I81h J m u w 1 9 5 7 , c i t h c Self-Govcmrtwnr ~ h ~ m n l . published in thr: C(11clrr1d Gaierre, dalcd rhc 241h I m u u y , 1957, Pan I, pagz?61. ' d thc clriginal sub-scclim by s. 2 of rhc llownh 'Sub-scclion ( 3 ) was s u b s r i ~ u ~ cfor I~uprovemxnt(Anwndmenl) ACI, 1995 ( W a t Ben. Act XV o f 1995). Prior:o [his subsrj~uuon. the ~ollowingchangcsa c m d in original sub-scdion (I),nmcly:-
(i) thc words "and the Bdly Municipality" wuc inserted by s. ?(I) of the H o w d Impmucri~~nt Act 1983 (Wcst Bcn.Acl XLlIl of 1983). and (A~n~ndrncnt) (ii) lhe words % o r Municipali~ics"s c r c s u b ~ i l u l c dTor tk w d "rhar Municipaliry" by 5 . 2 (2), ibid. Act. 1956. Tlte Holvmh I~i~provertterrt ['CYcst Ben. Act Section 2 - kfinilions b context,-
(a) "betterment fee" rncans the fec prescribed by scction 80 i n respect of an increase in value of land resulling from the execution of an inlprovemcnt scheme;
(6) "the Board" means ~ h cBoard of Trustees for rhc irnprovcment of Howrah, consri~utedunder [his ACI;
(c) "building" includes a house, out-house, stable, privy, urinal, shed, hut, wall (orhcr than a boundary wall not cxceeding ten fecl i n height) and any other srructure, whcther of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, rnecal or any combination of rhesc materials, or any other mawrial wharsocver but does not include a tent or o h c r ponable shclter and docs not also include any temporary shcd erecred on ccrernonial or festive occasions;
(d) "building line" rncans a line (in scar of h e srreet alignmenl) up lo which [he main wall of a building abutting on a projecled public slreei may lawfully exlend;
(e) "Chairman" means the Chairman of [he Board; '(cc) "Chief Exccutive O1ficcr1' means the person appointed by the Slare Govcrnrnent lo be [he Chicf E~ecutivcOficer of ~ h cBoard; =(f) "IfIowrah" rncans the area within rhc jurisdiction of rhe district of Howmh; -'(A) "Howrah Municipal Corporation" means the Howrall Municipal Corporation cstablished under the Howrah Municipal Corporation Act, 1980;
(g) "irnprovcment scheme" means a scheme falling undcr any of the categories mentioned in section 33 bul does not include a projected public sweet or a projecied public park referrcd lo in sec~ion63;
(h) "land" has the samc meaning as in clause (a) of section 3 of [he Land Acquisition Act, 1894;
(i) "municipal assessment-book" means rhc municipal assessment-book referred to in sub-scction (1) of scclion 143 of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as cxlended to rhe Ben. Act 111 Howrah Municipalily 4[and the assessmenl list prepared for of