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(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Estates Acquisition Act, 1953. And extent. West Ben. Act (2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal except the areas described in XXXIII of 1951. Schedule I of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, as deemed to have been amended Under section 594 of that Act. 1In terms of the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 3 read with Schedule III of the West Bengal Tansferred Territories (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1958 (West Ben. Act XIX of 1958), this Act shall not extend to, or force in, the territories transferred from the State of Bihar to the State of West Bengal (Transfer of Territories ) Act, 1956 (XL of 1956). This Act exended to Chandernagore with effect from the appointed date under section 8 of the Chandernagore (Assimilation of Laws) Act, 1955 (West Ben. Act IV of 1956). 2LEGISLATIVE PAPERS.--- For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 5th May, 1953, Part IV A, page 609; for Report of the Joint Select Committee, see the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 12th November, 1953 , Part IV A< pages 1275 – 1314; for the proceedings of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, see the Official Report of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Vol. VII, No. 3, pages 1047, 1110-1147, Vol.VIII,pages 95- 135,178-218, 433-466, 486-501,529-52, 577-648,684-756,775-846,890-952,996-1102; and for the proceedings of the West Bengal Legislative Council, see the Official Report of the West Bengal Legislative Council, Vol, III, pages 194-252 and 258-316. 3These words within the square brackets were inserted with retrospective effect by s. 2 of the West Bengal Estates Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1961 (West Ben. Act IX of 1961). 6 Page…2 ( Chapter I. Preliminary.--- Section 2.) Definitions.