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Notwithstanding anything contained in any instru- ment or any law, custom or usage to the contrary, np Hindu shall merely on the ground that he belongs to a particular caste or class— (a) be ineligible for office under any authority constituted under any law, or (b) be prevented from— (i) having access to or offering worship at any temple; OT (ii) baying access to or using any river, stream, spring, well, tank, cistern, water-tap or other watering place, or any bathing place, burial or cremation ground, any sanitary convenience, any road or pathway which the members of other castes or classes of Hindus generally have a right to use or have access to; or (iii) having access to or using. any public conveyance licensed by the Provincial Government or any local authority to ply for hire; or (iv) having access to or using any building or place used for charitable or public purposes maintained wholly or partially out of the revenues of the Province or the funds of a local authority; or (v) having access to a place of public amusement or a place of public entertainment; or (vi) having access to a shop to which the members of other castes and classes of Hindus generally are ordinarily admitted; or (vii) having. access to or using any place net apart or maintained for the use of Hindus generally; or (viii) enjoying any benefit under a charitable trustcreated for the benefit of Hindus generally; or (c) be denied any service whatsoever whether in con- nection with civic, social or religious practices or rites, by a Hindu who habituallynders such 0 service in the course of his professi The West Bengal Hindu Social Disabilities Removal 3 Act, 1948. XXXVII of 1948.] (Sections 4-8.)