Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988

Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, Extraordinary, dated the 15th October, 1988. An Act to provide for the establishment of [an autonomous Council] [Words substituted for the words 'a council' by W.B. Act 21 of 2000.] for the hill areas of the district of Darjeeling and for certain matters incidental thereto and connected therewith. Whereas it is expedient to provide for the establishment of an autonomous Council for the social, economic, educational and cultural advancement of the Gorkhas and other sections of the people residing in the hill areas of the district of Darjeeling; It is hereby enacted as follows ;-

Act number

Act 13 of 1988

Year

1988

Enacted on

15-10-1988

In force from

15 October 1988

Jurisdiction

West Bengal State Act

Subjects

Tribal And Minority Affairs

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