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GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT West Bengal Act XIX of 1963 THE WEST BENGAL LOCAL AUTHORITIES (POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTIONS) ACT, 1963. [Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, EVraordinary, of the 3rd May, 1963.] [3rd May, 1963.] An Act to provide for the postponement of election . of 'members of local authorities in West - Bengal &may the period of emergency. WHEREAS the President has by Proclamation under clause (1) of article 352 of the. Constitution of India declared that a grave emergency exists whereby the security of India is threatened by external aggression; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to provide for the postpone- ment of election of members of local authorities in West Bengal during the period of emergency in order to facilitate measures for civil defence and other efforts for the defence of India and matters connected therewith; It is hereby enacted in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows :—