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Why do you think smoke legislation act first came up in Calcutta |
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Answer» An Act to provide for prohibiting the use of tobacco in any form and SPITTING in places of public work or use and in public service vehicles in the State of West Bengal and to make provisions for the protection of health of non-smokers and minors and other matters concerned therein or incidental thereto. WHERAS it is expedient, in the public interest, to prohibit the use of tobacco in any form and spitting in places of public work or use in any public service vehicles and to protect the health of non-smokers and minors in the State of West Bengal; It is hereby enacted in the Fifty-second Year of the Republic of India, by the Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:- 1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Prohibition of Smoking and Spitting and Protection of Health of Non-smokers and Minors Act, 2001. (2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.- (1) “advertisement” means and INCLUDES any notice, circular, wall-paper, pamphlets, display on HOARDINGS, telephone booths or any visible representation made by means of any light, sound, smoke, gas, writing instruments, stickers, symbol, colours, logo, trade mark, display on articles like T-shirts, shoes, sportswear, sportsgears, caps, carry bags, etc., or any other means which has direct or indirect effect of promoting smoking and/or tobacco chewing and the expression “advertise” shall be construed accordingly; (2) “authorised officer” means any person authorised under section 4 of this Act; (3) “chewing” means chewing of tobacco, gul (tobacco powder), khaini, use of gudakhu (tobacco paste), SUPARI with tobacco, pan masala, zarda, ghutka, and the like; (4) “notification” means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (5) “place of public work or use” means public places namely auditoriums, hospital buildings, health institutions, educational institutions, libraries, court buildings, public offices and public conveyances including Railways; (6) “public service vehicle” means a vehicle as defined under clause (35) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; (7) “smoking” means smoking of tobacco in any form, whether in the form of cigarette, cigar, beedies or otherwise with the aid of pipe, wrapper, or any other instrument; (8) “spitting” means voluntary ejection of saliva from the mouth after or without chewing and ejection of mucus from the nose with or without inhaling snuff; (9) “State Government” means the Government of the State of West Bengal. |
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