State Act

The West Bengal Scheduled Castes Development And Finance Corporation Act, 1976

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the West Bengal Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes Development and Finance Corporation Act, 2017 (West Bengal Act XXX of 2017), s.33(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,— (a) "the Corporation" means the Scheduled Castes Development and Finance Corporation established under section 3; (b) "marketing" includes all activities in connection with the transport, grading, pooling, marketing and sale of industrial produce, whether in the primary form or in semi-processed or processed form; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (d) "Scheduled Castes" means such castes, races or tribes or parts of or groups within such castes, races or tribes as are specified from time to time by notification under article 341 of the Constitution of India; (e) "traditional occupation" means caste-based occupations such as those followed by the Muchis, Doms, Dhobas, Jalias, Mals, etc.