Registered No. WB/SC-247 No. WB(Part-III)/2023/SAR-23 WI:nett 6aptte
Extraordinary Published by Authority
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2023 [SAKA 1945
PART HI—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature.
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
LAW DEPARTMENT
Legislative
NOTIFICATION
No. 2064-L.-14th December, 2023.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor, is hereby published for general information:—
Short title and
commencement.
West Bengal Act XIII of 2023
THE BENGAL ORPHANAGES AND WIDOWS' HOMES
(REPEALING) ACT, 2023.
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] [Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 14th December, 2023.1
An Act to repeal the Bengal Orphanages and Widows' Homes Act, 1944. WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Bengal Orphanages and Widows' Homes Act, 1944;
It is hereby enacted in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
1. (1) This Act may be called the Bengal Orphanages and Widows' Homes (Repealing) Act, 2023.
Ben. Act III of
1944.
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2 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, DECEMBER 14, 2023 [PART III
The Bengal Orphanages and Widows' Homes
(Repealing) Act, 2023.
(Sections 2, 3.)
Repeal of Ben.
Act III of 1944.
Saving.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. The Bengal Orphanages and Widows' Homes Act, 1944 is hereby repealed.
3. Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the Bengal Orphanages and Widows' Homes Act, 1944, prior to repeal, shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken.
By order of the Governor,
PRADIP KUMAR PANJA,
Pr. Secy. to the Govt. of West Be Law Department.
Published by Law Department, Government of West Bengal and Printed at Saraswaty Press Ltd.(Government of West Bengal Enterprise), Kolkata 700 056. ?gat
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