 the west bengal legislative council (abolition) bill, 1969 a billto provide for the abolition of the legib14tive council of the state of west bengal and torr matters suppzemental, incidental and consequential thereto be it enacted by parliament in the twentieth year of the repub11c: of india as follows:-1 (1) this act maybe called the west bengal legislative counou 9bort (abolition) ~, 1969 title add meueemat (2) it aha1l come into force on sucll date as the ceii1t:ral government may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint 2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requlres,-deftdl· tiona (a) "appropriate government" means, as respects a law"relatidg to a matter enumerated in list i in the seventh schedule to the constitution, the central government, and 8s respecta any other law, the state government; " (b) "article" means an article of- the constttuiion; (c) "cowacil" mead8 the i"';'1ative council of the state of west beqpl; (d) "law" includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order bye-law, ru~e, scheme notification or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or any part of the state of west bengal; (e) ulegislative assembly" means the legislative assembly of the state of west bengal abolition 3 (1) the legislative council of the state of west bengal is hereby or the - abolished couholl (2) on the abolition of the council, every member thereof shall cease to be such member amend-4 in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) of article 168, for the words "uttar ment of pradesh and west bengar' the words "and ubar pradesh" shall be subarticle 188 stituted 5 in the representation of the people act, 1950,-(a) in the third schedule, entry no9 relating to west bengal shall be omitted; amend· ment of act 43 of 1950 (b) in the fourth schedule, the heading "west bengal" and the entries thereunder shall be omitted 6 the delimitation of council constituencies (west bengal) order, 1951, is hereby repealed repeal of delimitation of council eontituencles (weet benlal) order, 1951 proviaion aato pend'n buls 7 (1) a bill pending in the council immediately before the commencement of this act which has not been passed by the legislative assembly &bau-iapse on the abolition of the council (2) a bill pending in the council immediately before the commencement of this act which has been passed by the legislative assembly shall not lapse on the abolition of the council, but on such abolition shall be deemed to have been passed before such commencement by both houses of the legislature of the state of west bengal in the form in which it was passed by the legislative assembly (j) if a bill which havin« been passed by the legislative assembly is, before the commencement of this act, either rejected by the council or passed by the council with amendments, the legislative assembly may, after such commencement, pass the bill again with or without such amendments, if any, ai have been made by tbe coamcll add the bid so passed shall be deemed to be a bill introduced in and passed by the legislative assembly after the commencement of this act 8 the appropriate government may, before the expiration of one year from the _commencement of this act, by c1l'der, make such adaptations and rrt"djftcatfcms of my law m'ade "before such cammencement, whetft'er by way of repeal or amendment u may b mclliuy or expedient in co-sequence of the abolition of the council under section 3 and th~reupoft every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations and modifications 80 made 9 notwithstanding that no provision or insufficient provision has been powv te made under sec:uon 8 for /the adaptation or modifteation of a law made construe before the commencement of this act, any court, tribunal or authority ~ws required or empowered to enrorce such law may construe the law in such manner, without affecting the substance, as may be necessary or proper on account of the abolition of the council, in regard to the matter before the court, tribunal or authority  statement of objects and reasonsunder article 169 of the constitution, pa;!lament may, by law, provide tor the abolition of the legislative council of a state havb1g such a council, if the legislative assembly of a state passes a reaolution to that effect by a majority of the total membership of the asaembly and by 8 majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the assembly present and voting on 21st march, 1969, the legislative assembly of the state of west bengal has passed a resolution, in terms of artiele 189 of the conartitution, for the abolition of the legislative councll of that state in pursuance of this resoluti'on, it is proposed to aboliah the iegialatt'ft counoil of the state of wast bengal the bill eeelu to give effect to this object and also provides for matters supplemental, incldel)-tal and consequential to such abolition n'bw delhi; 'phe 9th lilly, 1089 1' govinda !anen  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 8 of the bill empowers the appropriate government to make such adaptations and moclliications of any law made before the commencement of the act as may be necessary or expedient in consequence of the abolition of the legislative council of the state of west bengal under elause 3 this power will be available only for a period i)f one year from the commencement of the act the adaptations and modiftcations c8dft0t afl'eet the substance of the laws adapted the delegation of legislative power is of a norma] character 't··   extract fhom the constitution of india'" - - 168 (1) for every state there shall he a legislature which shall consist af the governor, 8'nd constitu  tion of le,ll1a tures in states (4) in the statesal andhra pradeih, bihar, madhya pradeab, tamil l\tadu, maharashtr'l, mysore, punjab, uttar pradesh and west bengal, two houses; - - - - ex'craicts from the representation of the people act, 1950 (43 of 1950) -  - - -  the third schedule(see section 10)  allocation of seats in tlu legislative councilsname of state number to be elected or nominated under article 171(3) , j total number of seats subclause (a) subclause (b) subclause (e) subclause' (c) subclause (d) 2 6 7 3 5 4 - - - - 6 - 6 z7 9 west bengal 75 9 "7 "j' " the fourth schedule [see section 27 (j)] local auttlorrrms for purpojies of elections to legisliatm co'ttncu,s oil - oil - - wrm bacw 1 municipalities 2 zilla parishads 3 cantonment boards 4 anchalik perishads 6 town committees - - - - in pursuance of section 11 of the representation of the people act, 1950 (43 of 1960), the president is pleased to make the following ortier, namely:-1 thie order may be called the delimitation of co\iijdl ccmiutuiddei (west bengal)" order, 1951 2 the constituencies into which the state of west bengal shall be divided for the purpose of elections to the legislative council of tho state from (a) the graduates' constituencies, (b) the teachers' constituencies, and (c) the local authorities' constituencies in the said state, the extent of each such constituency and the number of seats auotted to each such constituency shall be as shown in the following table:-name of constituency extent of constituency number of scats i 2 3 graduates' constituencies i west bengal north graduates' darjeeling, ]alpaiguri, coach behar, west dinajpur and maida districts 2 west bengal south-w~t gra-birbhtun, burdwan, bankura, duates purulla midnapur and hooghly districts' i 3 west bengal south-east gra-murshidabad, nadia, 24-pargaduates nas and howrah districts i 4 calcutta graduates calcutta as defined in clause (ii) of section s of the calcutta municipal act, 19s1 (west bengal act xxxiii of i9si), together with the fort william, and that part of hastings north of the south edge of oyde rowand strand road to the river bank 3 te4chers' constituencies i west benpl north teachers  darjeeling, jalpai~, coocl1 behar, west dlnajpur and maida districts 2 west bengal soutb-west teachers birbhum, burdwan, bankura, purulia and midnapur districts i mursbidabad, nadia, hooghly and howrah districts 3 west beapl south-past teachers 4 ~parpnu teachets - --|                                 | 5                                                 | calcutta teachers    ||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------|| calcutta as defined             | in                                                 | clause               || (ii)                            | of                                                 | section              || s                               |                                                    |                      || of                              |                                                    |                      || the                             |                                                    |                      || cal-                            |                                                    |                      || cutta municipal act,            |                                                    |                      || 1951                            |                                                    |                      || (west bengal act                |                                                    |                      || xxxiii                          |                                                    |                      || of                              |                                                    |                      || 19~i),                          |                                                    |                      || together with                   | the                                                | port                 || william,                        |                                                    |                      || and                             |                                                    |                      || that                            |                                                    |                      || part                            | of                                                 |                      || hastings                        | north                                              | of                   || edge                            | of                                                 | clyde                || strand                          | road                                               |                      || to                              |                                                    |                      || the                             | river                                              |                      || bank                           |                                                   |                      || i                              |                                                    |                      || darjeeling                      |                                                    |                      || local                           |                                                    |                      || authorities darjeeling district |                                                    |                      || i                               |                                                    |                      || 2                              |                                                    |                      || j                               |                                                    |                      || alpaiguri                       |                                                    |                      || local                           |                                                    |                      || authorities                     |                                                    |                      || i                               |                                                    |                      || 3                              | coach behar                                        | locsl               || j                               |                                                    |                      || alpaiguri district              |                                                    |                      || cooch                           |                                                    |                      || behar                           |                                                    |                      || district                        |                                                    |                      || i                               |                                                    |                      || i                               |                                                    |                      || 4                              | west dinajpur                                      |                      || local                           |                                                    |                      || authori-                        | west dinajpur district                             |                      || ties                           |                                                    |                      || 5                              | maida local authorities                            | maida district       || i                               |                                                    |                      || 6                              | murshidabad local authorities murshidabad district |                      || 2-                              |                                                    |                      || 7 birbhum local authorities    | birbhwn                                            | district             || i                               |                                                    |                      || 8                              | burdwan                                            |                      || local                           |                                                    |                      || authorities                     |                                                    |                      || burdwan district"               |                                                    |                      || 2                              |                                                    |                      || 9                              | badkura local authorities                          |                      || bankura                         |                                                    |                      || district                        |                                                    |                      || 1                               |                                                    |                      || 10                             |                                                    |                      || purulia local authorities       |                                                    |                      || i                               |                                                    |                      || purul                           |                                                    |                      || ia                             |                                                    |                      || district                        |                                                    |                      || i                               |                                                    |                      || 11                             |                                                    |                      || mldnapur                       |                                                    |                      || local                           |                                                    |                      || authorities                     |                                                    |                      || midnapur district               |                                                    |                      || 3                               |                                                    |                      || 12                             |                                                    |                      || hoogbly local                   |                                                    |                      || a                               |                                                    |                      || iltborities                     |                                                    |                      || hooghly                         |                                                    |                      || district                        |                                                    |                      || 2                               |                                                    |                      || 13                             | howrah local authorities                          |                      || howrah district                 |                                                    |                      || 2                              |                                                    |                      || 14·                             |                                                    |                      || 24-parganas local authorities  | 24-parganas district                              | 4                    || is                             |                                                    |                      || nadia                           |                                                    |                      || local                           |                                                    |                      || authorities                     | nadia district                                     |                      || i                               |                                                    |                      || 16                             |                                                    |                      || calcutta                        |                                                    |                      || local                           |                                                    |                      || authorities                     | - calcutta as defined in clause                    |                      || (i                              | i)                                                 |                      || of                              | section                                            |                      || s                               |                                                    |                      || of                              | the                                                | calcutta             || municipal act,                  |                                                    |                      || 1951                            |                                                    |                      || (west                           |                                                    |                      || bengal act                      |                                                    |                      || xxxiii                          |                                                    |                      || of                              |                                                    |                      || 1951),                          |                                                    |                      || together                        | with                                               | the                  || william, and that part          | of                                                 |                      || hastings                        | north                                              | of                   || edge                            | of                                                 | clyde rowand strand  || road to                         | the                                                | river hank          |3 a:a, reiereme in this order1to a district shall be eobitrued as a reference to the area oamprised within that district on the 1st dey of april, 196i  a bill10 provide for the abolition of the legislative council of the state of west benga\ and for matters supplemental, incidedtaj aud ~'odiequcijt ial thereto ~  c-i ", "f (shri p govinda m~non mila;sler 0/ lqw) 