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The Calcutta Gazette. Thursday September 2 1937. Part I

1937

It was contended on behalf of the petitioner that the date of publication of the result of the election is to be included in calculating the thirty-five days that the return was therefore filed after the due date and that in the circumstances the respondent Maguire is under section 69(1)(f) of the Government of India Act 1935 disqualified for being a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly." [...] 2233 The Commissioners are of opinion that in the absence of any provsion to the contrary the ordinary rule of construction must prevail and that the date of publication of the result of the election is to be excluded in calculating the thirty-five days and that in that view the return was filed within time. [...] The Commissioners further note that the notification just referred to indicates that the period had already been extended by the Governor under the proviso to section 69(1)0 of the Act to the 30th June: It was contended that the return submitted by the respondent West was false in respect of the entries in the front part showing Rs. [...] On the other hand the minutes of the proceedings of a meeting of the Council of the Anglo-Indian and Domiciled European Association Bengal Provincial Branch held on the 10th December 1936 produced by the respondents show that it was resolved 'therein "That from the evidence before the meeting it is of definite opinion that Mr. [...] —In exercise of the powers conferred by setions 14 and 15 and the proviso to section 357 of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 (Act V of 1898) the Governor is pleased— (a) to confer upon Babu Girija Prasanna Ray the powers of a Magistrate of the third class in the district of Howrah for a period of three years from the 5th September 1937 (b) to direct him to sit as a member of the Bally b
government politics public policy
Pages
43
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.100008
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
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Part I
2230-2271 unknown view