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GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT
West Bengal Act XV of 1985
THE LEPERS (WEST BENGAL REPEALING)
ACT, 1985.
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.]
[Assent of the President of India was first published in the Calcutta
Gazette, Extraordinary, of the 6th August, 1985.]
[6th August, 1985.]
An Act to repeal the Lepers Act, 1898, in its application to West
Bengal.
3 of 1898. WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Lepers Act, 1898, in its
application to West Bengal;
It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India,
by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
1. This Act may be called the Lepers (West Bengal Repealing) Act, Short title.
1985.
2. The Lepers Act, 1898, in its application to West Bengal, is hereby Repeal of
Act 3 of repealed. 1898.
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- West Bengal
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- 1985-08-06
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