West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2001 (West Bengal Act VII of 2001)

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative West Bengal Act VII of 2001' THE WEST BENGAL LAND REFORMS AND TENANCY TRIBUNAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2001. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] West Ben. Act XXV of 1997. West Ben. Act XXIII of 1973. [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 20th March, 2001.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:— 1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2001. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on and from the 3rd day of August, 1998. 2. In section 2 of the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in clause (r), after sub-clause (ii), the following sub-clause shall be inserted:— "(iia) the West Bengal Restoration of Alienated Land Act, 1973; or". 'For proceedings of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, see the proceedings of the meeting of that Assembly held on the 22nd February, 2001. Short title,and commence ment. Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act XXV of 1997. 67 The West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (Amendment) Act, 2001. [West Ben. Act VII of 2001.1 (Section 3.) Amendment of section 6. 3. In section 6 of the principal Act,— (1) in clause (a), for the words "an order in original", the words "any order" shall be substituted; and (2) for clause (d), the following clause shall be substituted:— "(d) applications relating to matters under any provision of a specified Act or matters relating to any constitutional validity of any act under the provisions of a specified Act;". Statement of Objects and Reasons on the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal (Amendment) Bill, 2001 (Bill No. 16 of 2001). STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS. The Bill seeks to enable the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal to exercise jurisdiction, power and authority in relation to any order made by an Authority under the provisions of a specified Act and to include the West Bengal Restoration of Alienated Land Act, 1973 as a specified Act in the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997. The Bill also seeks to more clearly enunciate the provision of clause (d) of section 6 of the West Bengal Land Reforms and Tenancy Tribunal Act, 1997. 2. The Bill has been framed with the above object in view. KOLKATA, SURJYA KANTA MISHRA, The 15th February, 2001. Member-in-charge. 68