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Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....appointed under sub-section ( 1 ) of section 9-and all officers and other employees authorised to execute a scheme or order made under this Act, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any provisions of this act or the rules or schemes made or orders or directions issued there under, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.- SECTION 09: APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORS AND THEIR POWERS OF ENTRY AND INSPECTION (1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act, and define the local limits within which they shall exercise their powers under this Act. (2) Every inspector within the local limits of jurisdiction of an Executive Authority shall be subordinate to such authority. (3) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, an inspector may, within the local limits of his jurisdiction, enter, at all reasonable times, with such assistance as he considers necessary, any place for the purpose of- (a) performing any of the functions of the Executive Authority entrusted to him; (b) determining whether and if so in.....

The Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993 Complete Act

State: Rajasthan

Year: 1993

.....inspectors appointed under sub-section (1) of section 9 and all officers and other employees authorised to execute a scheme or order made under this Act, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any provisions of this Act or the rules or schemes made or orders or directions issued thereunder, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). 9. Appointment of inspectors and their powers of entry and inspection. (1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act, and define the local limits within which they shall exercise their powers under this Act. (2) Every inspector within the local limits of jurisdiction of an Executive Authority shall be subordinate to such authority. (3) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, an inspector may, within the local limits of his jurisdiction, enter, at all reasonable times, with such assistance as he considers necessary, any place for the purpose of- (a) performing any of the functions of the Executive Authority entrusted to him; (b) determining whether and if.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Preamble 1

Title: Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 1993

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....conservation of dry latrines into water-seal latrines and prevention of construction of dry latrines are not stringent enough to eliminate this practice; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to enact a uniform legislation for the whole of India for abolishing manual scavenging by declaring employment of manual scavengers for removal of human excreta an offence and thereby Hanna the further proliferation of dry latrines in the country; AND WHEREAS it is desirable for eliminating the denominating practice of employment of manual scavengers and for protecting and improving the human environment to make it obligatory to convert dry; latrines into water-seal latrines or to construct water-seal latrines in new constructions; AND WHEREAS Parliament has no power to make laws for the States with respect to the matters aforesaid, except as provided in articles 249 and 250 of the Constitution; AND WHEREAS in pursuance of clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, resolutions have been passed by all the Houses of the Legislatures of the States of Andhra Pradesh, GAO, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tripura and West Bengal that the matters aforesaid should be regulated in those States by.....

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.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Chapter III

Title: Implementing Authorities and Schemes

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....inspectors appointed under sub-section (1) of section 9 and all officers and other employees authorised to execute a scheme or order made under this Act, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any provisions of this Act or the rules or schemes made or orders or directions issued thereunder, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code Executive Authorities, inspectors, officers and other employees of such authorities to be public servants. Section 9 - Appointment of inspectors and their powers of entry and inspection (1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint such persons as it may think fit to be inspectors for the purposes of this Act, and define the local limits within which they shall exercise their powers under this Act, Appointment of inspectors and their powers of entry and inspection. (2) Every inspector within the local limits of jurisdiction of an Executive Authority shall be subordinate to such authority. (3) Subject to any rules made in this behalf by the State Government, an inspector may, within the local limits of his jurisdiction, enter, at all reasonable times, with such assistance.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Section 6

Title: Power of State Government to Make Schemes

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....of the persons who were engaged in or employed for as manual scavengers in any area in respect of which a notification under sub-section (1) of section 3 has been issued in gainful employment and administration of such schemes and different schemes may be made in relation to different areas and for different purposes of this Act: Provided that no such scheme as involving financial assistance from the HUDCO shall be made without consulting it. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such schemes may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (a) time-bound phased programme for the conversion of dry latrines into water-seal latrines; (b) provision of technical or financial assistance for new or alternate low cost sanitation to local bodies or other agencies; (c )construction and maintenance of community latrines and regulation of their use on pay and use basis; (d) construction and maintenance of shared latrines in slum areas or for the benefit of specially and economically backward classes of citizens; (e) registration of manual scavengers and their rehabilitation; (f) specification and standards of.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Chapter I

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....means the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant; (g) "Executive Authority" means an Executive Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 5; (h) "HUDCO" means the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited, a Government company registered by that name under the Companies Act, 1956; (i) "latrine" means a place set apart for defecation together with the structure comprising such place, the receptacle therein for collection of human excreta and the fittings and apparatus, if any, connected therewith; Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) (j) "manual scavenger" means a person engaged in or employed for manually carrying human excreta and the expression "manual scavenging" shall be construed accordingly; (k) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof appointed under article 239 of the Constitution; (n) "water-seal latrine" means a pour-flush latrine, water flush latrine or a sanitary latrine with a minimum.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1993

.....means the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant; (g) "Executive Authority" means an Executive Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 5; (h) "HUDCO" means the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited, a Government company registered by that name under the Companies Act, 1956; (i) "latrine" means a place set apart for defecation together with the structure comprising such place, the receptacle therein for collection of human excreta and the fittings and apparatus, if any, connected therewith; Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) (j) "manual scavenger" means a person engaged in or employed for manually carrying human excreta and the expression "manual scavenging" shall be construed accordingly; (k) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette; (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (m) "State Government", in relation to a Union territory, means the Administrator thereof appointed under article 239 of the Constitution; (n) "water-seal latrine" means a pour-flush latrine, water flush latrine or a sanitary latrine with a minimum.....

Employment of Manual Scavengers Act 1993 Section 23

Title: Power of State Government to Make Rules

State: Central

Year: 1993

(1) The State Government may, by notification, make rules, not being a matter for which the rules are or required to be made by the Central Government, for carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:-- (i) the composition of the State Co-ordination Committees and other committees constituted by the State Government under sub-section (4) of section 13, the powers and functions thereof, the number of members and their terms and conditions of appointment and other matters connected therewith; (ii) the fees and allowance to be paid to the members of the committee constituted under sub-section (4) of section 13; (iii) any other matter which is required to be or may be, prescribed. (3) Every rule and every scheme made by the State Government under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature Employment of Manage Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition)

Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 Section 86

Title: Penalty for Using Water for Certain Purposes

State: Karnataka

Year: 1993

.....offensive substance, or deposits, any offensive or deleterious matter in any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking purposes or for bathing or for washing clothes, or (e) allows the water from a sink, sewer, drain, engine or boiler or any other offensive matter belonging to him or flowing from any building or land belonging to or occupied by him to pass into any place set apart as aforesaid for drinking purposes or for bathing or for washing clothes, or (f) uses water from any source in contravention of the provisions of section 85, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees and if the offence be a continuing one, with further fine which may extend to ten rupees for every day during which the said offence is continued after the date of first conviction.