Act Info:
Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND DRAINAGE BOARD ACT, 1973
Chapter 1 Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Chapter 2 Section 3 - Creation and incorporation of the Board
Section 4 - Constitution of the Board
Section 5 - Appointment of Chairman, the Managing Director and Directors to be notified
Section 6 - Term of office and conditions of service of the directors
Section 7 - Disqualifications for appointment as director of the Board
Section 8 - Removal of the Chairman and other non-official directors
Chapter 3 Section 9 - Appointment of Secretary, Chief Engineer, Accounts Officer and other officers and servants of the Board
Section 10 - Maintaining schedule of establishment
Section 11 - Control by the Managing Director
Chapter 4 Section 12 - Meeting of the Board
Section 13 - Temporary association of persons with Board for particular purposes
Section 14 - Appointment and functions of committees
Section 15 - Acts of Board not to be invalidated by informality or vacancy
Chapter 5 Section 16 - Functions of the Board
Section 17 - Other functions of the Board
Section 18 - General powers of the Board
Chapter 6 - INVESTIGATION, PREPARATION AND EXECUTION, MAINTENANCE ETC. OF SCHEMES BY THE BOARD
Section 19 - Cost of investigation of schemes
Section 20 - Preparation of draft schemes by the Board
Section 21 - Approval of the scheme by the Government
Section 22 - Publication of approval of the draft scheme in the official Gazette
Section 23 - Execution of approved scheme by the Board
Section 24 - Recovery of the cost of the scheme
Section 25 - Power of Government to direct the Board to prepare and execute any scheme
Section 26 - Power of the Board to agree or refuse to prepare and execute the scheme
Section 27 - Local authority to provide adequate facilities to the Board
Section 28 - Power of local authority to undertake schemes
Section 28A - Operation and maintenance etc. of the schemes by the Board
Section 28B - Water supply for domestic and other purposes
Section 28C - Power to lay mains, etc.
Section 28D - Power to provide meters, etc.
Section 28E - Power to enter premises and to cut off water supply, etc.
Section 28F - Work to be done by licenced plumber
Section 28G - Prohibition of certain acts
Section 28H - Drainage of premises etc.
Chapter 7 Section 29 - Boards fund
Section 30 - Subventions, loans and grants to the Board
Section 31 - Power of the Board to borrow and lend
Section 31A - Boards power to levy rates etc.
Section 32 - Guarantee by Government of loans
Section 33 - Form, signature, exchange, transfer and effect of debentures
Section 34 - Estimates of income and expenditure of the Board to be laid annually and considered by the Board
Section 35 - Approval of Government to estimates
Section 36 - Supplementary estimate
Section 37 - Repayment of loans by the Board
Section 38 - Establishment and maintenance of sinking and other funds
Section 39 - Annual reports, statistics and returns
Section 40 - Accounts and audit
Section 41 - Remuneration of auditor
Section 42 - Accounts and audit report to be forwarded to the Government and placed before the State Legislature
Section 43 - Powers to write off irrecoverable amounts
Chapter 8 Section 44 - No disqualification in certain cases
Section 44A - Joint and several liability of owners and occupiers for offence in relation to water supply
Section 45 - Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark
Section 46 - Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act
Section 47 - Prosecution and trial of offences
Section 48 - Arrest of offenders
Section 49 - Offences by companies
Chapter 9 Section 50 - Emergency powers of Managing Director
Section 51 - Powers of Managing Director as to institution, composition etc., of legal proceedings and obtaining legal advice
Section 52 - Delegation of powers
Section 53 - Power of the Government to issue orders and directions to the Board or local authorities
Section 54 - Duties of Police Officers
Section 55 - Adjudication of disputes between the Board and local authorities
Section 55A - Non-liability of Board when supply reduced or not made in certain cases
Section 55B - Right of user of conduits, lines etc.
Section 56 - Effect of other laws
Section 57 - Notice of suit against Board
Section 58 - General power of the Board to pay compensation
Section 59 - Compensation to be paid by offenders for damage caused by them
Section 60 - Mode of recovery of dues
Section 61 - Authentication of orders and other instruments of the Board
Section 62 - Stamping signature of notices or bill
Section 63 - Power of entry
Section 64 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 65 - Officers and servants of the Board to be public servants
Section 66 - The Board to be local authority under Central Act I of 1894 and Central Act IX of 1914
Section 66A - Directions by the State Government
Section 66B - Licenses and written permissions
Section 66C - Notices etc., to fix reasonable time
Section 66D - Service of notice, etc.
Section 66E - Service of bills for charges or notice of demand by ordinary post
Section 66F - Power in case of non-compliance with notice, etc.
Section 66G - Composition of offences
Section 66H - Validity of notices and other documents
Section 67 - Revision
Chapter 10 Section 68 - Power to make rules
Section 69 - Power to make regulations
Section 70 - Provision as to employees of the local authorities employed in connection with water supply and sewerage undertakings
Section 71 - Continuation of appointments, notification, rules, bye-laws etc.