The Bengal Rhinoceros Preservation ( Repealing) Act, 2022

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Registered No. WB/SC-247 	 No. WB(Part-III)/2023/SAR-1 
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MAGHA 24] 	 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2023 	 [SAKA 1944 
PART III—Acts of the West Bengal Legislature. 
GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL 
LAW DEPARTMENT 
Legislative 
NOTIFICATION 
No. 130-L.-13th February, 2023.—The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by 
the Governor, is hereby published for general information:— 
West Bengal Act XV of 2022 
THE BENGAL RHINOCEROS PRESERVATION 
(REPEALING) ACT, 2022. 
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.] 
[Assent of the Governor was first published in the Kolkata Gazette, 
Extraordinary, of the 13th February, 2023.] 
Short title and 
commencement. 
An Act to repeal the Bengal Rhinoceros Preservation Act, 1932. 
WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Bengal Rhinoceros Preservation Act, 1932; 
It is hereby enacted in the Seventy-third Year of the Republic of India, by the 
Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 
1. (1) This Act may be called the Bengal Rhinoceros Preservation (Repealing) Act, 
2022. 
Ben. Act VIII of 
1932. 
2 	 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, FEBRUARY 13, 2023 	 [PART III 
The Bengal Rhinoceros Preservation 
(Repealing) Act, 2022. 
Repeal of Ben. 
Act VIII of 1932. 
Saving. 
(Sections 2, 3.) 
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by 
notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 
2. The Bengal Rhinoceros Preservation Act, 1932 is hereby repealed. 
3. Notwithstanding such repeal, all actions undertaken or initiated under the Bengal 
Rhinoceros Preservation Act, 1932, shall be deemed to have been validly undertaken or 
initiated under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and remaining process, if any shall 
be executed under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. 
53 of 1972. 
     
By order of the Governor, 
PRADIP KUMAR PANJA, 
Secy. to the Govt. of West Bengal, 
Law Department. 
Published by Law Department, Government of West Bengal and 
Printed at Saraswaty Press Ltd.(Govemment of West Bengal Enterprise), Kolkata 700 056. 

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