The North Suburban Hospital Acquisition Act, 1980

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL 
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT 
West Bengal Act LII of 1980 
THE NORTH SUBURBAN HOSPITAL ACQUISITION 
ACT, 1980. 
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] 
[Assent of the President was first published in the Calcutta Gazette, 
Extraordinary, of the 30th January, 1981.] 
[30th January, 1980.] 
An Act to provide for the acquisition of the Hospital known as the North 
Suburban Hospital, Cossipore, Calcutta. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the acquisition of the Hospital 
known as the North Suburban Hospital, Cossipore, Calcutta, for its better 
management and maintenance in the public interest and for matters 
connected therewith or incidental thereto; 
It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India, 
by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 
1. (1) This Act may be called the North Suburban Hospital 
Acquisition Act, 1980. 
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government 
may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 
(a) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act comes 
into force; 
(b) "the Hospital" means the North Suburban Hospital, Cos sipore, 
Calcutta, together with the indoor-beds and provisions for 
Outdoor services and dispensaries attached thereto and used in 
connection therewith and includes all lands and buildings, 
equipments, stores, drugs and other articles used in connection 
therewith as accessories to or adjuncts of the said North 
Suburban Hospital, Cossipore, Calcutta, run under the auspices 
of the "North Suburban Hospital Society", a society registered 
21 of 1860. 	 under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; 
(c) "notification" means a notification published in the Official 
Gazette; 
(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act. 
Short title 
and 
commence-
ment. 
Definitions. 
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(Sections 3, 4.) 
Hospital to 
vest in the 
State 
Government. 
General 
effect of 
vesting. 
3. On and from the appointed day the Hospital shall, by virtue of this 
Act, be transferred to, and vest in, the State Government. 
4. (1) The Hospital shall be deemed to include all rights, powers, 
authorities and privileges related to, and properties movable or immovable, 
cash balances, reserve fund and other assets of, the Hospital including 
lands, buildings, works, machinery, furniture, plants, laboratories, libraries, 
dispensaries, apparatus, tools, instruments, implements which may be in 
the ownership, possession, custody or control of the Hospital immediately 
before the appointed day and all books of accounts, registers and all other 
documents of whatever nature relating thereto. 
(2) Every deed of gift, endowment, bequest or trust or other documents 
relating to any property and assets referred to in clause (b) of section 2 or 
sub-section (1) of this section shall be construed as if it were made or 
executed in favour of the State Government. 
(3) Properties which vest in the State Government under this Act 
shall, by virtue of the vesting, be freed and discharged from any trusts, 
obligations, mortgages, charges and other encumbrances affecting them, 
and any attachment, injunction or any decree or order of any court 
restricting the use of any such property in any manner shall be deemed to 
have been withdrawn. 
(4) Any contract, whether express or implied, or any arrangement, 
whether under any statute or otherwise, or any order made by any court, 
in so far as it creates any encumbrance or any liability in relation to the 
Hospital or any part of it shall be deemed to have terminated on the 
appointed day. 
(5) Every person in whose possession or custody or control the 
Hospital or any part of it may be immediately before the appointed day 
shall, on the appointed day, deliver possession of the Hospital or part 
thereof to the State Government or to such person or authority as may be 
specified by the State Government in this behalf. 
(6) Every person, who has in his possession or control any book, 
document or other papers relating to the Hospital or any part of it, shall be 
liable to account for the said book, document or other papers to the State 
Government or to such person as the State Government may appoint in this 
behalf. 
(7) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), if on the appointed 
day any suit, appeal or other proceeding of whatever nature by or against 
the Hospital is pending, the same shall be continued, proceeded with 
or enforced by or against the Hospital. 
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(Section 5.) 
(8) The liabilities of the Hospital shall, on and from the appointed day, 
be met by the State Government in such manner as may be prescribed. 
(9) The State Government may take, or cause to be taken, all necessary 
steps for securing the possession of the Hospital which has vested in it 
under this Act. 
5. (1) For the transfer to, and vesting in, the State Government of the 
Hospital under section 3, the compensation payable by the State Government 
for the lands and buildings shall be such as may be determined by the 
Competent Authority referred to in sub-section (3) of this section applying 
of 1894. 
	
	 mutatis mutandis the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 subject 
to the deductions of all liabilities relating to the lands and buildings and 
subject further to the condition that in respect of the lands and buildings 
which the North Suburban Hospital Society or its promoters received as 
gifts or donations or for permissive use from the original owners thereof, 
the compensation shall be determined and payable in accordance with the 
terms, conditions and stipulations made by the original owners thereof and 
subject to the deduction of all grants and contributions made by the State 
Government to the said North Suburban Hospital Society prior to the 
appointed day. 
(2) The compensation payable by the State Government for. all other 
assets excepting the lands and buildings as provided in sub-section (1) 
shall be the market value thereof determined by the Competent Authority 
referred to in sub-section (3) of this section after deduction of all grants and 
donations made by the State Government to the said North Suburban 
Hospital Society prior to the appointed day. 
(3) The Land Acquisition Collector, 24-Parganas, shall be the 
Competent Authority for the purpose of this Act. 
(4) Any person aggrieved by the award of the Competent Authority 
may appeal to the Appellate Authority within thirty days from the date of 
the award and the District Judge, 24-Parganas, shall be the Appellate 
Authority for this purpose. 
(5) The State Government shall, as soon as possible after the date of 
the award made by the Competent Authority, or as the case may be, the date 
of the order of the Appellate Authority in the case of an appeal, pay to the 
persons found entitled the amount of compensation determined under this 
section. 
(6) The amount of compensation determined under this section shall 
carry interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum with effect from the 
appointed day till the date of payment of compensation. 
Payment of 
compensa-
tion. 
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Manage-
ment of the 
Hospital. 
Protection 
from acts 
done in 
good faith. 
Employment 
of certain 
employees 
to continue. 
Act to 
override 
other laws. 
6. The Hospital which has vested in the State Government under this 
Act shall be managed on behalf of the State Government by such person 
or authority as may be appointed by the State Government in this behalf 
in accordance with such rules as may be made by the State Government. 
7. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the 
State Government or an officer or other employee serving in connection 
with the affairs of the Hospital for anything which is in good faith done or 
intended to be done under this Act. 
8. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4) of 
section 4, every person (not being a part-time employee) employed in 
connection with the affairs of the Hospital, who has been in such employment 
immediately before the appointed day shall become on and from the 
appointed day an employee of the State Government and shall hold office 
or service on the same terms and conditions and with the same rights to pay, 
leave, pension, gratuity and all other matters as would have been admissible 
to him had not this Act been passed, and shall continue to do so until or 
unless his remuneration and all other terms and conditions of employment 
are duly determined by the State Government: 
Provided that any employee not being satisfied with the remuneration 
or terms and conditions of employment determined by the State Government 
may terminate his employment by giving three months' notice to the State 
Government to that effect. 
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Industrial Disputes 
Act, 1947 or in any other law in force for the time being, the alteration in 
the terms and conditions of employment of an employee or the transfer of 
his service from the Hospital to any other post shall not entitle him to any 
compensation under this Act or any other law in force for the time being 
and no claim for such compensation shall be entertained by any court, 
tribunal or other authority. 
(3) The remuneration and all other terms and conditions of employment 
of every person referred to in sub-section (1) shall be finally determined 
by the State Government within three months from the appointed day. 
9. The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding 
anything to the contrary contained in any other law or in any instrument or 
in any decree or order of any court or other authority. 
14 of 1947. 
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10. ( 1) Any person who— 	 Penalty. 
(a) having in his possession or custody or control any property 
forming part of the Hospital, wrongfully withholds such 
property from the State Government; or 
(b) wrongfully obtains possession of any property forming 
part of the Hospital which has vested in the State 
Government; or 
(c) wilfully withholds or fails to furnish to the State 
Government any document relating to the Hospital which 
may be in his possession, custody or control, 
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 
two years or with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees, or with 
both: 
Provided that the court trying any offence under this section may, 
at the time of convicting the accused person, order him to deliver up or 
refund, within a time to be fixed by the court, any property wrongfully 
withheld or obtained or any document wilfully withheld or not furnished. 
(2) No court shall take cognizance of an offence punishable under this 
section except with the previous sanction of the State Government or of an 
officer authorised by the State Government in this behalf. 
11. The State Government may, by notification, direct that all or any Delegation 
of the powers exercisable by it under this Act (except the power to make of powers.  
rules) may also be exercised by such other person or authority as may be 
specified in the notification. 
12. (1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules for Power to 
carrying out the purposes of this Act. 	 make rules. 
(2) In particular, and without prejudies to the generality of the fore-
going power, such rules may provide for all or any of the matters which 
may be, or are required to be, prescribed or made by rules. 
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