The West Bengal Capital City ( Change Of Name ) Act, 2001

1. (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Capital City (Change of Name) Act, 2001. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 1st day of January, 2001.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) “Approved Spelling” means the spelling as stated in section 3; (2) “Calcutta” means the name of the Capital City of the State of West Bengal prior to the commencement of this Act; (3) “Kolkata” means the name of the Capital City of the State of West Bengal on and from the date of commencement of this Act; (4) “Law” includes any enactment, ordinance, regulation, order, rule, scheme, notification, bye-law or other instrument having the force of law in the whole or any part of the State.

3. Approved spelling of the name of the Capital City of the State of West Bengal shall be described as follows:— Bengali Roman Devanagari Kolkata

4. The name of the Capital City of the State of West Bengal, Calcutta shall on and from the date of commencement of this Act be known as Kolkata.

5. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the word ‘Calcutta’ occurring in any Act, Ordinance, Order, bye-law, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usage or other instrument having the force of law shall be read as ‘Kolkata’ having the boundaries of ‘Calcutta’ as defined in sub-section (9) of section 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980.