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Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 95

Title: Prohibition Against Burying or Burning, in Unauthorised Places

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

No person shall in any panchayat area bury, burn or otherwise dispose of or cause or suffer to be buried, burnt or otherwise disposed of any corpse in any place within hundred meters of a dwelling place or any source of drinking water supply other than a place registered under section 92 or licensed under section 93, or provided by the Grama Panchayat.

Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 Section 161

Title: Powers to Cause Corpses to Be Burnt or Buried According to the Religious Tenets of the Deceased

State: Central

Year: 1994

After the expiration of not less than twenty-four hours from the death of any person, the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, Council may cause the corpse of such person to be burnt or buried, and the expenses thereby incurred shall be recoverable as a debt due from the estate of such person. In every such case, the corpse shall be disposed of, so far as may be possible in manner consistent with the religious tenets of the deceased.

The Jharkhand Municipal Act, 2011 Complete Act

State: Jharkhand

Year: 2011

.....or the Nagar Panchayat, the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council or the Nagar Panchayat; (47) "Factory" means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (48) "Filth" means (a) night soil or other contents of latrines, cesspools and drains; (b) dirt, dung, refuse, useless or offensive materials thrown out in consequence of any process of manufacture, industry or trade; and (c) putrid or putrifying substance, (49) "Finance Commission" means the State Finance Commission constituted under Article 243-I of the Constitution of India and referred to in section 97 of this Act; (50) "Food" includes every article used for food or drink by man, other than drugs or water, and any article which ordinarily enters into, or is used in the composition or preparation of, human food, and also includes confectionery, flavouring and colouring matters, spices and condiments; (51) "Footpath" means a pavement, for use by pedestrians; (52) "Goods" include animals; (53) "Government" means the State Government of Jharkhand; (54) "Holding" means land held under one title or agreement and surrounded by one set of boundaries: Provided that, where two or more adjoining holdings held by the same.....

Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1980

..... (7) "building of the warehouse class" means a building, the whole or a substantial part of which is used, or intended to be used, as a warehouse, factory, manufactory, brewery, or distillery, or for any similar purpose, which is neither a "domestic building" nor a "public building" as defined in this section, and includes a hut used or intended to be used for any of the purposes mentioned in this clause; (8) "bustee" means an area containing land not less than seven hundred square metres in area occupied by or for the purposes of any collection of huts or other structures used or intended to be used for human habitation. Explanation.-If any question arises as to whether any particular area is or is not a bustee, the Corporation shall decide the question and its decision shall be final; (9) "Kolkata" means the area described in Schedule I; 3 Clause (10) omitted by s. 2 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1996 (West Ben. Act VI of 1996) (with retrospective effect from 4.12.1995), which was earlier as under: '(10) "candidate" in section 75 and in Schedule III means a person who has been nominated as a candidate at any election of a Councillor or who claims.....

The Mizoram Municipalities Act, 2007 Complete Act

State: Mizoram

Year: 2007

THE MIZORAM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 THE MIZORAM MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 2007 (Act No.6 of 2007) [Received the assent of the Governor of Mizoram on 16th April/2007] An Act to provide for the administration of town areas and to establish municipalities in towns, transitional areas and urban areas in Mizoram. Whereas it is expedient and necessary to provide for the administration of town areas viz., transitional areas and urban areas and to introduce municipalities in Mizoram for the purpose of bringing them in conformity with the purpose, substance and direction of the Constitution (Seventy-fourth) Amendment Act, 1992 in general, and in particular to endow the municipalities with functions and powers so as to enable them to function as vibrant Institution of Local Self Government with greater People's participation in managing their own affairs besides importing certainty, continuity and democratic content and dignity, aiming among other things at the realisation of economic and social justice; It is enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER -I PRELIMINARY 1. Short title, extent.....

West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: West Bengal

Year: 1993

.....epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease which the State Government may, by notification, declare to be a dangerous disease for the purposes of this Act; 44. Clause (15A) ins, by W.B. Act 45 of 1994. (15A) "District Magistrate" means the District Magistrate referred to in sub-section (1) of S.20 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15B) "District Planning Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of S.3 of the West Bengal District Planning Committee Act, 1994, and includes the Siliguri Sub-Division Planning Committee; 55. Clauses (15B) and (15C) ins. by W.B. Act 32 of 1997. (15C) "Draft Development Plan" means the Draft Development Plan prepared under section 297; (16) "drain" includes a sewer, a house-drain, a drain of any other description, a tunnel, a culvert, a ditch, a channel and any other device for carrying of sullage, sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, rain-water or subsoil water; (17) "drug" means any substance used as medicine or in the composition or preparation of medicines, whether for internal or external use, but does not include a drug within the.....

The Tripura Municipal Act, 1994 Complete Act

State: Tripura

Year: 1994

.....279. Repeal and savings. 280. Removal of difficulties. Schedule - I (See Section 201) Schedule - I1 (See Section 84) THE TRIPURA MUNICIPAL ACT, 1994 An Act to reorganise Municipality in urban and town areas of Tripura and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Whereas it is expedient and necessary to replace the present statute relating to Municipality by one which is in conformity with the purpose, substance and direction of the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 which came into force on the 1st June, 1993, in general, and, in particular, to endow the municipalities with functions and powers so as to enable them to functions as vibrant institutions of local self Government with greater participation of people in managing their own affairs besides realisation of economic and social justice. Be it enacted by the Tripura Legislative Assembly in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India, as follows:- PART I CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement. 1. (1) This Act may be called the Tripura Municipal Act, 1994. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tripura except the areas under the Tripura Tribal Areas.....

Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 Chapter XVII

Title: Licenses and Fees

State: Karnataka

Year: 1976

.....employed at any time in the factory, work-shop, work place or premises, obtain the approval of the inspector of factories appointed under the Factories Act, 1948 (Central Act 63 of 1948), having jurisdiction over the area in the city where such factory, work-shop, work-place or premises is located as regards the plan of the factory, work-shop, work-place or premises with reference to,- (i) the adequacy of the provision for ventilation and light; (ii) the sufficiency of the height and dimensions of the rooms and doors; (iii) the suitability of the exits, to be used in case of fire; (iv) such other matters as may be prescribed by rules made by the Government, and (b) shall consult and have due regard to the opinion of the health officer as regards the suitability of the site of the factory, workshop, workplace or premises for the purpose specified in the application. (5) All chimneys in connection with any such factory, workshop, or workplace or any such machinery or manufacturing plant shall be of such height and dimensions as the Commissioner may determine. (6) More than nine workers shall not be simultaneously employed at any time in any factory, workshop,.....

The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation Act, 1981 Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1981

.....includes any kind of bicycle, tricycle, cycle-rickshaw and palanquin, but does not include any motor vehicle within the meaning of Motor Vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act IV of 1939); Notes Sec.2(6) " Carriage " Trailer Car " whether a carriage " Case decided with reference to Madras Act 18 MLJ 149 (7) "cart" includes any wheeled vehicle which is not a carriage but does not include any motor vehicle within the meaning of Motor vehicles Act, 1939 (Central Act IV of 1939); (8) "casual vacancy" means a vacancy occurring otherwise than by efflux of time and "casual election" means an election held on the occurrence of a causal vacancy; (9) "City of Coimbatore" or "City" means the local area comprised in the Coimbatore Municipality and includes any local area which after the commencement of this Act, is included in the City but does not include any local area which after such commencement is excluded from the City; (10) "Coimbatore Municipality" means the Coimbatore Municipality as constituted under the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act, 1920 (Tamil Nadu Act V of 1920); (11) "company" means " (a) any company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act I.....

The Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971(Tamil Nadu Act Xv of 1971) Complete Act

State: Tamil Nadu

Year: 1971

THE MADURAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1971 (TAMIL NADU ACT XV of 1971) THE MADURAI CITY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1971 (TAMIL NADU ACT XV of 1971) An Act to provide for the establishment of Municipal Corporation for the City of Madurai in the State of Tamil Nadu. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Tamil Nadu in the Twenty Second Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER " I PRELIMINARY 1. SHORT, TITLE, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT : (1) This Act may be called The Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971. NOTES The said Act and the Madras District Municipalities Act, 1920 have very many identical provisions. See 95 L.W. 324. (2) It extends to the City of Madurai (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of May, 1971. 2. DEFINITIONS: - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- (1) "Appoint" includes to appoint temporarily or in an officiating capacity; (2) "Appointment" includes temporary and officiating appointments; (3) "Budget Grant" means any sum entered on the expenditure side of the Budget estimate which has been adopted by the council; (4) "Building" includes " (a) a house, out-house, stable, latrine,.....