Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In section 23 of the principal Act,— (1) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted -- "(c) used for mill, factory, workshop and other commercial purposes in rural areas, rupees 20 per decimal;". (2) after clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted "(ca) used for non-agricultural purpose including homestead in the rural areas, rupees 2 per decimal;"; (3) for clause (d),the following clause shall be inserted THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUST 14, 2003 The West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2003. (Sections 4.6) Amendment of section 2 of West Ben. Act x of 1956 Amendment of section 4 Amendment of section 14Q Amendment of section 19 Amendment of section 23 "(d) used for mill, factory, workshop or other commercial pm purposes in the areas within the local limits of any Municipal Corporation or Municipality, other than the areas of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, - (i) rupees 175 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipal Corporation, (ii) rupees 150 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category A, (iii) rupees 100 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category B, (iv) rupees 75 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limit of any Municipality of Category C, (v) rupees 50 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category D, (vi) rupees 25 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category E, (4) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted:- "(e) used for non-agricultural purposes including homestead in the areas within the local limits of any Municipal Corporation or Municipality, other than the areas of the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority,— (i) rupees 35 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipal (ii) rupees 25 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category A. (iii) rupees 20 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category B, (iv) rupees 15 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category C. (v) rupees 10 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category D, (vi) rupees 5 per decimal, where such land is situated within the local limits of any Municipality of Category E, . (5) for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted :-- "(f) used for agricultural purposes, at the rate as laid down in clause (a) Provided that if the land used for agricultural purposes is converted into the land used for non-agricultural purposes, the revenue for such land shall be payable in accordance with relevant provisions of this section."; THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUST 14, 2003 The West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2003. (Sections 4.6) (6) for Explanation, the following Explanations shall be substituted :- "Explanation /,-Municipalities are classified into the following categories on the basis of population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published :— Category A — municipal areas having population more than 2,1 5,0000 Category B — municipal areas having population above l,70,000 but not exceeding 2,15,000; Category C — municipal areas having population above 85,000 but not exceeding 1,70,000; Category D — municipal areas having population above 35.000 but not 85.000; Category E — municipal areas having population not exceeding 35,000 Provided that Darjeeling Municipality is classified as Category A municipality irrespective of the population. Explanation II.—For the purpose of land-revenue, any area constituted by the State Government as a notified area under the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993, shall be construed as municipality of a particular Category on the basis of population. Explanation III—An area in a newly developing localities, as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify, shall be construed as municipality of a particular Category on the basis of population " By order of the Governor, A.K. BHATTACHARYA, Principal Secy. to the Govt. of West Bengal &Secy., Law Department THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, AUGUST 14, 2003 The West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2003. (Sections 4.6) West Ben. Act XXII of 1993 Ikata 0.4 144 Extraordinary Published by Authority Registered No. WB/SC-247 No. WB(Part-III)/2017/SAR-28 6ayttt CHAITRA 27] MONDAY, APRIL 17, 2017 [SAKA 1939 PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature. GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LAW DEPARTMENT Legislative NOTIFICATION No. 432-L.— 17th April, 2017.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information:— West Bengal Act XIX of 2017 THE WEST BENGAL LAND REFORMS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2017. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 17th April, 2017.] An Act to amend the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the West Bengal Land Reforms Act, 1955, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:— Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) commencement. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. Act, 2017. West Ben. Act X of 1956. 2 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, APRIL 17, 2017 [PART III The West Bengal Land Reforms (Amendment) Act, 2017. (Sections 2, 3.) Amendment of section 4B. Amendment of section 14Z.