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TypeBare Act JurisdictionWest Bengal Government

Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 Section 39

(1) The Board shall consider cvcry orficial rcprcscnlalion made C o l ~ i d c n

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Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 Section 39 is part of Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 - (1) The Board shall consider cvcry orficial rcprcscnlalion made C o l ~ i d c n. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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956. X W of 1956.1 (Cllnprer I I I . - b t r p r o v e ~ ~ ~ Sclren~es--Sectiotr e~~t 39.) (c) in rcspccl of any area comprised in a municipal ward,--on a writ~encomplaint signed by ~wenty-Fiveor more residenls of such ward who arc liable lo pay either the owner's share or h e occupier's share of the consolidated rare leviable under BCILACI 111 [he Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as cx~cndcdlo (he or 1913. Howrah Municipalily [[or of the Bally Municipality.]

(2) If thc 2[(Councillors of thc Howah Municipal Corporalion or of any Municipalily of Howrah,) as the case nlay be,] decide not 10 make an official representabon on any complaint made to lhenl under clause (b) or clause (c), [hey shall cause a copy OF such complaint to be sent to thc Board, with a statement of thc rcasons for thcir decision. lion of under scclion 35 and, if salisfied as lo [he correctness hereof and to the oficid sufficiency of their resources, shall decide wherher a general improvemcn~ Fpresen1* uom. scheme lo carry such representarion into effect should be framed iorlhwith or not, and shall forthwith intimate their decision to the councillors of the Howrail Municipal Corporation or of any Municipality olHowrah,) as the case may he]. II (2) If lhe Board decide thar il is no1 necessay or expcdient lo irarne a genera1 improvement s c h e n ~ ef o r l h w i ~ h ,they shall inform the 2[(Councillors of the Howrah Municipal Corporation o r O F any Municipalily or Ilowrah,) as thc case may bc,] of the rc,?sons for thcir decision.

(3) If the Board fail, for a period of six months aher the receipt of any oliicial reprcsenmtion made undcr section 38 to intimate h e i r decision thcrcon to thc =[(Councillors of h e Howrah Municipal Corpora~ionor of any Municipality of Howrah,) as thc case may bc,] or if rhc Board jndmate to the =[(Councillors of [he Howrah Municipal Corporation or of any Municipaliry of Howrah,) as the case may be,] their decision hat it is not ncccssnry or cxpcdicnt to i n m c a general improvement scheme iorthwith, Lhc '[(Councillors of thc Howrah Municipal Corporation or of any Municipality o r Howrah,) as thc casc may bc,] may, i l they think Lt, rcfcr rhe rnarLer lo the State Governmenl. 'ThcwordswilhinIhcquan: bnckc~s~vcrc imnod by s. 2L(1) ortheHowmh lrnpmvenicnt (Allicndllicnr) Acr, I983 (\Yes[ Bcn.Ac~XLlIl of 1983). -%c words "orof tht B d y Municipality. asrkcnsemay bc," wcrc fin1 insencd in seclion 38(1).39(1), 39(2) and 39(3) by ss. ?I(?). 22(~1).22(b)and22(c). ~sgeclirzly,olthe Howmh I ~ ~ l p r o v e ~ (Amendmcn~)Ac[. wnl I983 I\Vcsi Bcn. Aci XLIlI of 1983).nicrcalicr, ihc words within rhe first bnckrrs wsrc subs~iiulcdTor h c words "Co~n~nissioncrs or ihc Hownh by

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What does Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 Section 39 provide?

Section Section 39 of the Howrah Improvement Act, 1956 ((1) The Board shall consider cvcry orficial rcprcscnlalion made C o l ~ i d c n) is reproduced on this page as part of the Howrah Improvement Act, 1956. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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