The Howrah Municipal Act, 1965

West Bengal Act XVII of 1965 
THE HOWRAH MUNICIPAL ACT, 1965. 

[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] 
[Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, 

Extraordinary, of the 24th July, 1965.] 

[24th July, 1965.] 
An Act to provide for better administration of the ?munici-

pal affairs of Howrah by the establishment of a 
Municipal Corporation. 

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for better 
administration of the municipal affairs of Howrah by the 
establishment of a Municipal Corporation; 

It is hereby enacted in the Sixteenth Year of the 
Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as 
follows :— 

CHAPTER I. 
Preliminary. 

1. (1) This Act may be called the Howrah Municipal Short 
Act, 1965. 	

application 
(2) It applies to Howrah as defined in this Act, 

ancedmmence- 
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State went. 

Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, 
appoint. 

2. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in the Defini- 
subject or context,— 	 tions. 

(1) "Calcutta" means Calcutta as described in Schedule 
West 	 I to the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951; 
Ben. Act 
XXXIII 	(2) "the Calcutta Act" means the Calcutta Municipal 
of 1951. 	 Act, 1951, as applied to Howrah under section 6 

and Schedule B; 
(3) "the Corporation" means the Municipal Corporation 

of Howrah constituted under section 4; 

(4) "Councillors", "Aldermen", "Mayor", "Deputy 
Mayor" and "Commissioner" respectively mean 
the "Councillors", "Aldermen", "Mayor", 
"Deputy Mayor" and "Commissioner" of the 
Corporation; 

West 
Ben. 
Act 1 of 
1957. 
Ben. 
Act V 
101'1919. 

.(5) "Howrah" means the area described in Schedule A; 
(6) "Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat or an Anchal 

Panchayat, as the case may be, constituted under 
the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957; and 

(7) "Union Board" means a Union Board established 
under the Bengal Village Self-Government Act, 
1919. 



2 	The Howrah 	Act, 1965. 

[West Ben. Act 
(Chapter H.—Constitution of the Corporation.—

Sections 3-5.) 

CHAPTER II. 

Constitution of the Corporation. 
3. (1) For the purpose of the administration of the 

municipal affairs of Howrah there shall be constituted a 
Corporation as provided in section 4 and such Corporation 
shall, by the name of the Municipal Corporation of Howrah, 
be a body corporate and have perpetual succession and a 
common seal, and shall, by the said name, sue ,and be sued. 

(2) The properties along with all rights therein of what- 
soever description used, enjoyed or possessed, immediately 
before the date of constitution of the Corporation, by the 
Commissioners of the municipality of Howrah or Bally, as 
constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, or by any 
Union Board or Panchayat, as the case may be, included 
within the area of Flowrah shall, on and from such date, 
become vested in the Corporation. 

(3) All rights, liabilities and obligations of the Com-
missioners of the said municipality of Howrah•or Bally and 
of the said Union Board or Panchavat, as the case may be, 
in relation to any matter provided for in or under this Act 
shall, in so far as they were subsisting immediately before 
the date of constitution of the Corporation, be enforceable 
by or against the Corporation. 

(;coati.. 	4. (1) The Corporation shall consist of the following 
ton 	members, namely : — 
of' the 
Corpora- 	(a) fifty-six Councillors of whom— 

(i) fifty-five shall be elected in accordance with the 
provisions of sub-section (2) of section 5, and 

(ii) one shall be the Chairman of the Board of Trustees 
for the Improvement of Howrah (ex-officio); 
and 

(b) five Aldermen to be elected by the Councillors as 
provided in section 9 of the Calcutta Act. 

(2) As soon as may be after the completion of the first 
general election of the Councillors and the election of the 
Aldermen, the State Government shall, by notification in 
the Official Gazette, declare that the Corporation has been 
constituted, and the Corporation shall thereupon be deemed 
to be duly constituted on and from the date of such 
notification. 

invivan 	5. (1) The State Government shall, by notification in 
et 	the Official Gazette, divide the area of Howrah into fifty-five 
Etowrah wards. into 

The 
Ccaporal 

Ben. 
Act XV 
of 1932. 

K2) Each such ward shall, for the purpose of election of 
Councillors referred to in sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-
section (1) of section 4, constitute a constituency and each 
such constituency shall elect one Councillor. 

wards. 



West 
Ben. Act 
XXXIII 
of 1951. 

The Howrah Municipal Act, 1965. 	 3 

XVII of 1965.] 

(Chapter III.—Application of Act and Rules.—Sections 6, 7 

CHAPTER III. 

Application of Act and Rules. 

6. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any 
other law for the time being in force, the provisions of the 
Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, as in force in Calcutta 
immediately before the date of constitution of the Corpora-
tion shall, as from that date, mutatis mutandis apply to and 
come into force in Howrah subject to the modifications and 
exceptions specified in Schedule B and to the other 
provisions of this Act :1 

Provided that the provisions of sections 6, 9, 19 to 23 and 
of Chapter IV of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, as in 
force in Calcutta immediately before the date on which this 
Act comes into force shall, from such date, mutatis mutandis 
apply to and come into force in Howrah subject to the 
modifications and exceptions specified in Schedule B and to 
the other provisions of this Act: 

Provided further that a law coming into force in Calcutta 
after the date of constitution of the Corporation and repeal-
ing, amending or adding to the provisions of the said Calcutta 
Municipal Act, 1951, shall apply to and come into force in 
Howrah if so directed by the State Government by notifica-
tion in the Official Gazette. 

Applica-
tion 
of the 
West 
Bengal Act 
XXXIII 
of 1951 to 
Howrah, 

(2) A notification applying to and bringing into force in. 
Howrah any law under the second proviso to sub-section (1) 
may be issued so as to be retrospective to any date not earlier 
than the date of coming into force of such law in Calcutta 
and may provide for such modifications or exceptions, as the 
State Government may think fit, subject to wh,ich such law 
shall apply to and come into force in Howrah. 

7. All rules made by the State Government under the 
Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951, and in force in Calcutta 
immediately before the date of constitution of the Corpora-
tion shall, as from such date, mutatis mutandis apply to 
and come into force in Howrah to the extent to which they 
are not repugnan-c to this Act read with the Calcutta Act: 

Provided that the Calcutta Municipal Electoral (Pre-
paration and Publication and Revision and Republication of 
Electoral Rolls) Rules, 1952 and the Calcutta Corporation 
(Conduct of Elections of Councillors) Rules, 1952, as in 
force in Calcutta immediately before the date on which this 
Act comes into force shall, from such date, mutatis mutandis 
apply to and come into force in Howrah subject to such 
modifications and exceptions, if any, as may be specified by 
the State Government by notification. 

Applica-
tion of 
rules 
under 
West 
Bengal 
Act 
XXXIII 
of 1951 to 
Howrah. 



The Howrah Municipal Act, 1965. 

[West Ben. Act 

(Chapter IV.—Miscellaneous.—Sections 8-10.) 

CHAPTER IV. 

Miscellaneous. 

8. All laws relating to matters provided for in this Act 
and in force in Howrah immediately before the date of com-
mencement of the corresponding provisions of this Act read 
with the Calcutta Act shall, on and from that date, stand 
repealed: 

Provided that any budget passed, assessment made, tax, 
rate, toll or fee assessed or imposed, permission or sanction 
granted, license or notice issued, plan approved under any 

of the laws aforesaid shall, in so far as it is in force 
immediately before that date and is not inconsistent with 
the prov!isions of this Act read with the Calcutta Act, be 
deemed to have been respectively -passed, made, assessed, 
imposed, granted, issued or approved under this Act read 
with the Calcutta Act and shall, unless altered, modified, 
cancelled, suspended, surrendered or withdrawn, as the case 
may be, under this Act read with the Calcutta Act, remain 
in force for the period, if any, for which it w as so passed, 
made, assessed, imposed, granted, issued or approved. 

9. (1) In the Calcutta Act and the rules applied to 
Howrah under section 7, unless a different intention 
appears— 

references to the Corporation, Standing Committee, 
Councillors, Aldermen, Mayor, Deputy Mayor, 
Commissioner and other officers shall be construed 
as references to the Corporation, Standing Com-
mittee, Councillors, Aldermen, Mayor, Deputy 
Mayor, Comthissioner and other similar officers 
constituted, elected or appointed under this Act 
read with the Calcutta Act; and 

(b) references to "Calcutta" shall be construed as 

references to "Howrah". 

Construe- 	10. In every enactment, in force in the municipality of 
Ben. Act 

tion of 	Howrah or Bally, as constituted under the Bengal MunAcipal 1932.  
XV of 

references Act, 1932, immediately before the date of the constitution 

e ther 	of the Corporation, other than the (Calcutta Municipal Act, Ben. Act 

mental 	1923, as extended -to the said municipality of Howrah, and I1-[9123o.f 

ale Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, unless a different intention 
appears—,  

(a) all references to the Chairman of the Commissioners 
of any such municipality shall be construed as 
references to the Commissioner under this Act; 

(b) all references to the Commissioners of any such 
municipality shall be construed as references to 
the Corporation; and 

(c) all references to such municipality shall be 
construed as references to Howrah. 

Repeal 
and 
savings. 

Interpre-
tation of 
references. 

(a) 



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;.en. Act 
:v 1932. 

Aft 
I of 1923. 

Ast 
V 	- 
32 

XV11 of 1965.] 
(Chapter IV.—Miscellaneous.—Sections 11-14.) 

11. With effect from the date of the notification Provisions 
referred to in sub-section (2) of section 4, persons employed as to 
by the Commissioners of the municipality of Howrah or Eer,sc.'„_ n9  
Bally, as constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, pu°0=g 
or by any Union Board. or PancT.ayat, the entire area of at the 
which is included in Howrah, and continuing in office 	h 

time 
of te immediately before such date shall be deemed to be aonati-

employed by the Corporation on such terms and conditions, tution 
not being less advantageous than what they were entitled to of the 
immediately before such date, as may be determined by the Corpora. 

tion. 
Corporation.. 

12. (1) Any suit or legal proceeding instituted, or saving 
which might, but for the passing of this Act, have beenas'to.  
instituted by or against the Commissioners or the Chairman cert. al' 
of the Commissioners of the municipality of Howrah or proceed.811  and 
Bally, as constituted under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932 ings. 
or by or against any Union Board or Panchayat, as the case 
may be, included within the area of Howrah, may be 
continued or instituted by or against the Corporation as 
constituted under this Act. 

(2) For the purposes of such suit or legal proceeding and 
of all matters incidental thereto, any action taken by the 
Commissioners, or Chairman of the Commissioners, of any 
such municipality or by such Union Board or Panchayat, 
-as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been taken by 
the corresponding authority under this Act. 

(3) Save as provided in sub-section (2), the procedure 
prescribed by this Act, read with the Calcutta Act, shall be 
followed in all proceedings relating to a contravention of 
the provisions of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as 
extended to the Municipality of Howrah, or of the Bengal 
Municipal Act, 1932, or of the laws relating to Union 
Boards or Panchayats, as the case may be. 

Payment 
of costs 
incurred 
under this 
Act prior 
to the 
constitu-
tion 
of the 
Corpora-
tion. 

Removal 
of diffi-
culties. 

13. All costs for holding the first general election and 
all other costs necessary to be incurred for giving effect.  to 
the provisions of this Act before the date of the constitution 
of the Corporation shall be payable, in such manner and to 
such extent as the State Government may direct, -from the 
municipal fund of both or any of the municipalities of 
Howrah and Bally as constituted under the Bengal Municipal 
Act, 1932. 

14. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the 
provisions of this Act or in transition to the provisions of 
this Act, the State Government may, as occasions may 
require, by order, do or cause to be done anything which 
may be necessary for removing the difficulty. 

(2) An order under sub-section (1) may be made so as to 
be retrospective to any date not earlier than the date or 
commencement of this Act. 



The Howrah Municipal Act, 1965. 

[West Ben. Act 

(Schedule A.) 

SCHEDULE A. 

"Howrah" 

[See section 2(5).] 

"Howrah" is the area included within the following 
boundaries : — 

Boundaries 

A line drawn eastward from the point where the eastern 
edge of the Eastern Railway meets the Bally Khal along 
the southern bank of the said Khal to the point where it 
meets the river Hooghly; thence southward along the western 
bank of the river Hooghly and westward along its northern 
bank to the point where it meets the eastern boundary of 
mouza Podra in Sankrail police-station; thence northward 
along the western boundary of mouza Goaberia to the point 
where it meets the western boundary of mouza Thanamakua 
—both in Sankrail police-station ; thence northward along the 
western boundary of mouza Thanamakua to the point where it 
meets the southern boundary of mouza Sultanpur in Jagacha 
police-station; thence westward along the southern 
boundaries of mouzas Sultanpur and Unsani in Jagacha 
police-station to the point where it meets the eastern 
boundary of mouza Puilya in the same police-station; thence 
westward along the southern boundary of mouza Puilya to 
the point where it meets the western boundary of the same 
mouza; thence northward along the western boundary of 
mouza Puilya to the point where it meets the western 
boundary of mouza TJnsani; thence northward along the 
western boundary of mouza Unsani to the point where it 
meets the northern boundary of the same mouza; thence east-
ward along the northern boundary of mouza Unsani to the 
point where it meets the western boundary of mouza Jagacha. 
in Jagacha police-station; thence northward along the western 
boundaries of mouzas Jagacha, Dharsa and Baltikuri in the 
same police-station to the point where it meets the northern 
boundary of the last named mouza; thence eastward along 
the northern boundary of mouza Baltikuri to the point where 
it meets the southern boundary of mouza Chakpara in Bally 
police-station; thence eastward along the southern boundary 
of mouza Chakpara to the point where it meets the eastern 
boundary of the same mouza ; thence northward along the 
eastern boundary of mouza Chakpara to the point where it 
meets the southern boundary of mouza Bally in Bally police-
station ; thence eastward along the southern • boundary of 
mouza Bally to the point where it meets the eastern edge of 
the Eastern Railway ; thence northward along the eastern 
edge of the Eastern Railway to the point where it meets the 
southern bank of the Bally Taal. 



The Howrah Municipal Act, 1965. 

XVII of 1966.] 
(S,cheduie B.) 

SCHEDULE B. 

(See section, 6.) 
Modifications of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951. 

In the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1951,- 
1. sub-sections (2) and (3) of section 1 shall be 

omitted, 
2. sections 2 to 4 shall be omitted; 
3. in section 5,— 

(a) clause (11) shall, be omitted; 
(b) in clause (25), 

(i) for sub-clause (a), the following sub-clause 
shall be substituted, namely 

"(a) for washing carriages, where such carriages 
are kept for sale or hire," ; 

(ii) sub-clauses (f) and (g) shall be omitted; 
4. sections 7 and 8 shall be omitted; 

5. in sub-section (X) of section 9, for the words, figure 
and letter "section 7, clause (h)", the words, 
figures and letter "clause (b) of sub-section (1), 
of section 4 of the Howrah Municipal Act, 1965," 
shall be substituted; 

6. in section 13A,— 
(a) clause (a) shall be omitted, 
(b) in clause (b),— 

(t1) for the words "ten rupees", the words 
"twenty rupees" shall be substituted, and 

(ii) for the words "fifty rupees", the words "one 
hundred rupees" shall be substituted; 

7. in sub-section (1) of section 15, for the word 
"twelve", the word "ten's  shall be substituted; 

8. in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 16, the 
words and figure ."in Schedule V" shall be 
omitted ; 

9. in section 20, for the words "three thousand", the 
words "two thousand" shall be substituted; 

10. in sub-section (1) of section 27, for the word 
"twelve", the word "ten" shall be substituted; 

11. in sub-section (1) of section 27A, for the word 
"twelve", the word "ten" shall be substituted; 

12. in section 34,— 

(a) after the words and figures "section 516,", the 
word "or" shall be inserted; 



8 	 The Motorail, Municipal Act, 1965. 

[West Ben. Act 
(Schedule B.) 

(b) the words and figures "or section 600" shall be 
omitted; 

(c) in clause (e) of the proviso, for the words "five 
thousand rupees" occurring at two places, the 
words "one thousand rupees" shall be 
substituted; 

13. after clause (ee) of sub-section (1) of section 55, the 
following clause shall be inserted, namely :— 

"(eee) is the President of the Tribunal of the Board 
of Trustees for the Improvement of Howrah or 
an Assessor to that Tribunal, or a Judge of a 
Civil Court in Howrah; or"; 

14. in sub-section (1) of section 57, for the words "two 
hundred and fifty rupees", the words "one 
hundred and fifty rupees" shall be substituted; 

15. in clause (i) of the proviso to section 68,— 
(a) for the words "Chief Judge of the Small Cause 

Court of Calcutta", the words "District Judge 
of Howrah_" shall be substituted; and 

(b) for the words "application to the Chief Judge", 
the words "application to the District Judge" 
shall be substituted; 

16. in section 73— 
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "Chief Judge, 

Small Cause Court of Calcutta", the words 
"District Judge of Howrah" shall be substi-
tuted; and 

(b) in sub-section (2), for the words "Chief Judge", 
the words "District Judge" shall be substi-
tuted; 

17. in section 74— 
(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "Chief Judge, 

Small Cause Court,", the words "District 
Judge" shall be substituted; and 

(b) in sub-section (2), for the words "Chief Judge", 
the words "District Judge" shall be substi-
tuted; 

18. in sub-section (1) of section 75, for the words "Chief 
Judge, Small Cause Court,", the words "District 
Judge" shall be substituted; 

19. section 77 shall be omitted; 

20. in section 108— 
(a) in the marginal note, for the word "twenty-five"-

the word "ten" shall be substituted; 

(b) for the word "twenty-five", the word "ten" shall 
be substituted; and 



The Howrah Municipal Act, 1935. 	9 

XVII of 1965.] 
(Schedule B.) 

(c) in the proviso, for the word "five", the word 
"two" shall be substituted; 

21. in section 108A— 
(a) in the marginal note,— 

(i) for the word "twenty-five", the word "ten" 
shall be substituted; 

(ii) for the words "one lakh", the words "fifty 
thousand" shall be substituted; 

(b)(i) for the words "twenty-five thousand rupees", 
the words "ten thousand rupees" shall be 
substituted ; 

(ii) for the words "one lakh of rupees", the words 
"fifty thousand rupees" shall be substituted; 

22. in section 109,— 
(a) in the marginal note, for the words "one lakh", 

the words "fifty thousand" shall be substi-
tuted; 

(b) in sub-section (1), for tt.e words "one lakh of 
rupees", the words "fifty thousand rupees" 
shall be substituted; and 

in clause (a) of sub-section (2), for the word 
"five", the words "two and a half" shall be 
substituted; 

23. in sub-section (1) of section 110,— 

(a) in clause (d), for the words "one lakh of rupees", 
the words "fifty thousand rupees" shall be 
substituted ; and 

(b) in clause (e), for the words ''exceeding ten 
thousand rupees and not exceeding one lakh of 
rupees", the words "exceeding five thousand 
rupees and not exceeding twenty-five thousand 
rupees" shall be substituted; 

24. in section 116, for the words "the account of the 
Municipal Fund of the City of Calcutta", the 
words "the account of the Municipal Fund of 

. Howrah" shall be substituted; 

25. sections 123 and 124 shall be omitted; 

26. in sub-section (1) of section 125, the words "in 
Calcutta" shall be omitted; 

27. in section 133, for the words "Municipal Corpora-
tion of the City of Calcutta", the words "Muni-
cipal Corporation of Howrah" shall be substi-
tuted; 

28. sections 142 and 143 shall be omitted; 



10 	The Howrah, Municipal Act, 1965. 

[west Ben. Act 
"(Schedule B.) 

29. in sub-section (1) of section 144, for the words 
"Calcutta Municipal Consolidated Loan", the 
words "Howrah Municipal Consolidated Loan" 
shall be substituted; 

30. in sub-section (1) of section 146,— 
(a) at the end of clause '(e), ;the word "or" shall be 

inserted ; 

(b) after clause (e), the following clauses shall be 
inserted, namely :— 

"(f) Howrah Municipal Debentures, or 

(g) debentures issued by the Trustees for the 
Improvement of Howrah," ; 	 • 

31. in sub-section (1) of section 147, for the words 
"Corporation of Calcutta", the words "Corpora-
tion of Howrah" shall be substituted ; 

32. in the second paragraph of sub-section (2) of 
section 151, for the words "Calcutta Municipal 
Debentures", the words "Howrah Municipal 
Debentures" shall be substituted ; 

33. in sub-section (1) of section 152, for the words "by 
the Corporation from the State Government 
whether before or after the commencement", 'the 
words "from the State Government by the Com-
missioners of the municipality of Howrah or 
Bally, as the case may be, before the commence-
ment, or by the Corporation after the commence-
ment," shall be substituted; 

34. for the Explanation to section 160, the following 
Explanation shall be substituted, namely :— 

'4Eoplanation.—In this section, the expression 'the 
Civil Court' means 'the Court of the Subordi-
nate Judge of Howrah'." ; 

35. in section 165,— 

(1) in sub-section (1), after the existing_ proviso, the 
following further proviso shall be added, 
namely : — 

"Provided further that where any area included 
in Howrah was included within a Union 
Board or a Panchayat immediately before 
the commencement of the Howrah Municipal 
Act, 1965, the graduated consolidated rate 
upon lands and buildings in such area shall 
not during a period of ten years from the 
date of constitution of the 'Corporation 
exceed one-half of the maximum percentages 
mentioned in clauses (i) to (iv)."; 



The Howrah Municipal Act, 1965. 	11 

Ben. Act V 
of 1911. 
West Ben. 
Act XIV 
of 1956. 

XVII of 1965.] 
:(Schedule B.) 

(2) in sub-section (2), in clause (a), for the words 
"Board of Trustees for the Improvement of 

,Calcuitta", the words "Board of Trustees for 
the Improvement Of Howrah" shall be substi-
tuted; 

3t1. in section 169,— 

(a) in the first paragraph,— 
(i) for the words "Board of Trustees f,,.7 the 

Improvement of Calcutta", the words 
"Board of Trustees for the Improvement of 
Howrah" shall be substituted; 

(iii) for the words, figures and letter "section 35D 
of the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911,", 
the words and figures "sub-section (2) of 
section 83 of the Howrah Improvement Act, 
1956" shall be substituted; 

0) in the Explanation,— 

'(g) in clause (a), for the words "Calcutta Improve-
ment Act, 1911,", occurring at two places, 
the words "Howrah Improvement Act, 
1956," shall be substituted; and 

(ii) in clause (c), for the words and figures "section 
54 or section 55 of the Calcutta Improvement 
Act, 1911,", the words and figures "section 
54 of the Howrah Improvement Act, 1956." 
shall be substituted; 

37. in section 172,— 

(1) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall 
be substituted, namely 

"(1) The valuation of any land or building situated 
in the several wards, which has been made 
before the date of the constitution of the 
Corporation and which is in force on such 
date, shall remain in force and be deemed to 
be the valuation for the purpose of assess-
ment of consolidated rate on such land or 
building under this Act until a fresh valua-
tion is made under this Act." ; 

(2) sub-section (2A) shall be omitted; 

(3) in sub-section (3),—

(0) in clause (1),— 
(1) for the words "Board of Trustees for the 

Improvement of Calcutta", the words 
"Board of Trustees for the Improvement of 
Howrah" shall be substituted; 



12 • 	The HolOrah Municipal Act, 1965. 

[West Ben. Act 
(Schedule B.) 

(ii) for the words, figures and letter "section 35D 
of the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911", 
the words and figures "sub-section (2) of 
section 33 of the Howrah Improvement 
Act, 1956" shall be substituted; 

(1)) in clause (g),— 
(i) for the words "Board of Trustees for the 

Improvement of Calcutta", the words 
"Board of Trustees for the Improvement 
of Howrah" shall be substituted; 

(ii) for the words, figures and letter "section 35D 
of the Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911", 
the words and figures "sub-section (2) of 
section 33 of the Howrah Improvement 
Act, 1956" shall be substituted; 

(iii) in sub-clause (i), for the words and figures 
"Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911", the 
words and figures "Howrah Improvement 
Act, 1956" shall be substituted; 

(c) in the Explanation., for the words and figures 
"Calcutta Improvement Act, 1911", the 
words and figures "Howrah Improvement 
Act, 1956" shall be substituted; and 

(4) after sub-section (4), the following sub-section 
shall be added, namely: — 

"(5) Any agency appointed by the State Govern-
ment under sub-section (2) shall be paid 
monthly out of the Municipal Fund at such 
rate as may be fixed by the State Govern-
ment." ; 

38. in section 183, for the words "Court of Small 
Causes" wherever they occur, the words "subor-
dinate Judge" shall be substituted; 

39. sections 224 to 228 shall be omitted; 

40. in clause (a) of section 233, for the words "Corpo-
ration of Calcutta", the words "Corporation of 
Howrah" shall be substituted; 

41. in sub-section (2) of section 243, the words "of 
Calcutta" shall be omitted; 

42. sub-section (3) of section 251 shall be omitted; 

43. for section 264, the following section shall be 
substituted, namely:— 

" Corporation to 264. The Corporation shall provide provide supply a supply of filtered water in all of 	filtered 
water. 	parts of Howrah."; 

Ben. Act V 
of 1911. 

West Bea. 
Act XIV 
of 1956. 



•The Howrah Municipal Act, 1965. 	13 
XVII of 1965.] 

(Schedule B.) 

44. in section 267, for the words `"`On all distribution 
pipes in the unfiltered water system and, if the 
Corporation so directs, also in the filtered water 
system, suitable hydrants stall", the words "On 
the distribution pipes in the filtered water system, 
suitable hydrants may" shall be substituted; 

45. for section 268, the following section shall be 
substituted, namely : — 

"Pressure of 	268. The supply of filtered water 
supply. 	in the municipal mains in Howrah 

shall be continuous and shall be 
maintained at such pressure as the Corporation 
may fix." ; 

46. in section 270,— 

(a) in sub-section (1), for the words and figures 
"sections 264, sub-section (2), and 281", the 
words and figures "sections 271 and 281" shall 
be substituted; 

(b) the proviso 'to sub-section (2) shall be omitted; 

47. for section 271, the following section shall be 
substituted, namely :— 

"use of filtered 271. Notwithstanding 	anything 
water for public contained elsewhere in this Act, purposes. 

filtered water may be used for the 
public purposes, such as— 

(a) street-watering, 

(b) flushing of municipal drains, public privies 
and urinals, gully pits and hackney-
carriage stands, and 

(c) extinguishing fire, 

and shall also be used for such other 
public purposes as the Corporation may 
direct." ; 

48. in section 274,— 

.cc) the words ",together with a sufficient supply of 
unfiltered water, for flushing privies, urinals 
and drains within the. premises, for cleansing 
garages, stables, cattle-sheds and sheds within 
the premises which are occupied by animals 
not kept for profit or hire and for washing the 
vehicles, and animals kept therein which are 
not kept for profit or hire" shall be omitted,; 



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[West Ben. Act 

Ben. Act 
III of 
1923. 
Ben. Act 
XV of 
1932. 

(Schedule B.) 

(b) .for the proviso, the following proviso shall be 
substituted, namely :— 

"Provided that in no masonry building directly 
connected with the municipal water-supply 
shall the free allowance of filtered water be 
less than one hundred and fourteen or more 
than two hundred and twenty-five litres per 
head per day, calculated upon the ordinary 
number of inmates of the building, as 
determined by the Commissioner." ; 

49. in section 275, the words "and unfiltered" shall be 
omitted; 

50. in sub-section (1) of section 276, the words "and a 
sufficient supply of unfiltered water for the pur-
poses specified in section 271, sub-section (2)" 
shall be omitted; 

51. sub-section (2) of section 280 shall be omitted; 
52. in section 281,— 

(a) in sub-section (1),— 

(i) for the words ''`unfiltered water for purposes 
other than those specified", the words "for 
purposes other than those referred to" shall 
be substituted; 

(ii) the proviso to sub-section .(;1) shall be omitted; 
(b) in sub-section (4), the words "or unfiltered" shall 

be omitted; 
53. section 282 shall be omitted; 
54. sob-section (61). of section 294 shall be omitted; 

55. in section 299, the words l'and unfiltered" shall be 
omitted; 

56. in sub-section (1) of section 327, for the words 
"under this Act", the words and figures "under 
the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as in force in 
the municipality of Howrah or under the Bengal 
Municipal Act, 1932, or under this Act" shall be 
substituted; 

57. in sub-section (2) of section 330, for the words and 
figures "under the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, 
or under this Act", the words and figures "under 
the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as in force in. 
the municipality of Howrah or under the Bengal 
Municipal Act, 1932, or under this Act" shall be 
substituted; 

58. in sub-section (2) of section 337, for the words and 
figures.  "section 6 of the Presidency Small Cause 
Courts Act, 1882, or section 25 of the Provincial 
small Cause Courts Act, 1887, as the case may 
be,", the words "section 25 of the- Provincial 
Small Cause Courts Act, 1887," shall be 
substituted; 



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59. in sub-section (1) of section 349,— 
(a) for the words "or the Board of Trustees for the 

Improvement of Calcutta", the words ", the 
Board of Trustees for the Improvement of 
Calcutta or the Board of Trustees for the 
Improvement of Howrah" shall be substituted, 

(b) for the words "situated in Calcutta", the words 
"situated in Howrah" shall be substituted; 

60. in sub-section (1) of section 357, after the words and 
figures "provisions of the Calcutta Municipal 
Act, 1923, or the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1899,", 
the words and figures "as in force in the muni-
cipality of Howrah, or under the provisions of 
the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932," shall be 
inserted; 

61. in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 382, for the 
words and figures "the Calcutta Municipal Act, 
1923, or which is existing from before the com-
mencement of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, 
or", the words and figures "the Calcutta Muni-
cipal Act, 1923;  as in force in the municipality 
of Howrah, or the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, 
or which is existing from before the commence-
ment of the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923, as in 
force in Howrah, or the Bengal Municipal Act, 
1932, or" shall be substituted; 

62. in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 385, after 
the words and figures "the Calcutta Municipal 
Act, 1923,", the words and figures "as in force 
in the municipality of Howrah, or under the 
Bengal Municipal Act, 1932," shall be inserted: 

63. in section 526,— 
(a) after clause (xiii), the following clause shall be 

anserted, namely : — 

"(xiiia) the payment, with the previous approval of 
the State Government, of grants to colleges 
or other educational institutions imparting 
higher education;"; 

(b) in clause (spiv), the words "above the age speci-
fied in section 124" shall be omitted; 

64. in section 527,— 
(a) clause (2) shall be omitted; 
(5) in clause (3), the words "carts and" shall be 

omitted; 

65. in sub-section (1) of section 532, the words and 
figures "except Schedule I" shall be omitted; 



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(Schedule B.) 

66. in the table under section 537,— 
(a) the entry "Section 224, sub-section (4)." in 

column 1 and the corresponding entries in 
columns 2, 3 and 4 shall be omitted, 

(b) the entry "Section 224, sub-section (5)." in 
column 1 and the corresponding entries in 
columns 2, 3 and 4 shall be omitted, 

(c) the entry "Section 228, sub-section (1)." in 
column 1 and the corresponding entries in 
columns 2, 3 and 4 shall be omitted, 

(d) the entry "Section 228, sub-section (3)." in 
column 1 and the corresponding entries in 
columns 2, 3 and 4 shall be omitted, 

(e) the entry "Section 271, sub-section (3)." in 
column 1 and the corresponding entries in 
columns 2, 3 and 4 shall be omitted, 

the entry "Section 600, sub-section (1), clause 
(a)." in column 1 and the corresponding entries 
in columns 2, 3 and 4 shall be omitted, 

the entry "Schedule XIII, rule 2, sub-rule (1)," 
in column 1 and the corresponding entries in 
columns 2, 3 and 4' shall be omitted; 

(g) 

(f)  

67. in sub-section (1) of section 576,— 

in the first paragraph, for the words "the Presi-
dency Small Cause Courts Act, 1882, or the 
Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887, as the 
case may be", the words "the Provincial 
Small Cause Courts Act, 1887" shall be 
substituted; 

(b) in the second paragraph, for the words "Presi-
dency Small Cause Courts Act, or of the said 
Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, as the case 
may be,",   the words "Provincial Small Cause 
Courts Act," shall be substituted; 

68. in the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 577, for 
the words "the Presidency Small Cause Courts 
Act, 1882, or the Provincial Small Cause Courts 
Act, 1887, as the case may be,", the words "the 
Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887," shall 
be substituted; 

69. section 578A shall be omitted ; 

70. in sub-section (2) of section 579, the words "and 
when functioning within the Presidency-town of 
Calcutta or within the limits of the port of 
Calcutta shall be deemed to be Presidency 
Magistrates for the purposes of the Code of 
Criminal Procedure, 1898" shall be omitted; 

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71. sections 589, 590 and 591 shall be omitted; 

72. in sub-section (3) of section 592, for the words and 
figure "Schedule I to this Act", the words and 
letter "Schedule A to the Howrah Municipal 
Act, 1965," shall be substituted; 

73. sections 594 and 595 shall be omitted: 

74. in section 596,— 
,(a) in sub-section (1), for the words "and the Com-

missioner of Police, Calcutta and their", the 
words "and his" shall be substituted, and 

(b) in sub-section (3), the words "or the Commissioner 
of Police, Calcutta," shall be omitted; 

75. sections 598 to 601, 608, 608A, 609, 611, 614 and 
615 shall be omitted; 

76. Schedule I shall be omitted; 
77. in the table in Schedule IV,— 

(a) entries in columns 2 and 3 against serial No. 1 in 
column 1 shall be omitted, 

(h) in the entry in column 2 against serial No. 2 in 
column 1, the words "but is not included in 
Class I" shall be omitted, 

serial Nos. 66, 87, 109 and 127 in column 1 and 
the corresponding entries relating thereto in 
columns 2 and 3 shall be omitted; 

78. Schedule V shall be omitted; 

79. in 	VIII,— 
(a) for the words "Corporation Df Calcutta demands", 

the words "Corporation of Howrah demands" 
shall be substituted, 

(b) for the words "Commissioner, Calcutta Corpora-
tion", the words "Commissioner, Howrah Cor-
poration" shall be substituted; 

80. in Schedule IX, for the words "Commissioner, 
Calcutta Corporation", the words "Commissioner, 
Howrah Corporation" shall be substituted; 

81. in Schedule XIII,— 
(a) rule 2 shall be omitted, 
(b) in rule 4,— 

(i) the words "or unfilterr 	hall be omitted; 
(ii) in the second column 6/. the table, the sub-

heading "Unfiltered water." and all entries 
thereunder shall be omitted; 

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(c) in. sub-rule (1) of rule 7, the words "or unfiltered" 

shall be pmitted; 

82. in Schedule XIV,— 
(a) in sub-rule (3) of rule 20, the word "unfiltered" 

shall be omitted; 
(b) in the proving to sub-rule (4) of rule 30, the word 

"unfiltered" shall be omitted ; 

83. Schedule XXIII shall be omitted. 

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