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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.....

Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013, Section 5

Title: Prohibition of Insanitary Latrines and Employment and Engagement of Manual Scavenger

State: Central

Year: 2013

.....or be converted into a sanitary latrine, by the occupier at his own cost, before the expiry of the period so specified in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 4: Provided that where there are several occupiers in relation to an insanitary latrine, the liability to demolish or convert it shall lie with,-- (a) the owner of the premises, in case one of the occupiers happens to be the owner; and (b) all the occupiers, jointly and severally, in all other cases: Provided that the State Government may give assistance for conversion of insanitary latrines into sanitary latrines to occupiers from such categories of persons and on such scale, as it may, by notification, specify: Provided further that non-receipt of State assistance shall not be a valid ground to maintain or use an insanitary latrine, beyond the said period of nine months. (3) If any occupier fails to demolish an insanitary latrine or convert it into a sanitary latrine within the period specified in sub-section (2), the local authority having jurisdiction over the area in which such insanitary latrine is situated, shall, after giving notice of not less than twenty one days to the occupier, either.....

Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 140

Title: Private Latrines

State: Central

Year: 2006

Subject to the provisions of the Employment of Manual Scavenger and Construction of Dry Latrine (Prohibition) Act, 1993, the Chief Executive Officer or any official of the Board authorised by him may, by notice in writing,-- (a) require the owner or other person having the control of any private latrine, or, urinal in the cantonment not to put the same to public use; or (b) where any plan for the construction of private latrines or urinals has been approved, and copies thereof may be obtained free of charge on application-- (i) require any person repairing or constructing any private latrine or urinal not to allow the same to be used until it has been inspected by an official of the Board authorised by the Chief Executive Officer, or under the direction of the Health Officer and approved by him as conforming with such plan; or (ii) require any person having control of any private latrine or urinal to re-build or alter the same in accordance with such plan; or (c) require the owner or other person having the control of any such private latrine or urinal which, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, constitutes a nuisance, to remove the latrine or urinal; or .....

The Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 Complete Act

State: Haryana

Year: 1994

THE HARYANA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1994 THE HARYANA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ACT, 1994 (Haryana Act No. 16 of 1994) Table of Contents CHAPTER-1 PRELIMINARY Sections 1. Short title, extent and commencement. 2. Definitions. 3. Declaration of Municipal area as Corporation. CHAPTER "II CONSTITUTION OF CORPORATION 4. Incorporation and Constitution of Corporation. 5. Duration of Corporation. 6. Delimitation of Wards. 7. Qualification for members. 8. Disqualification of members. 9. Election to the Corporation. 10. Constitution and Composition of Wards Committees etc. 11. Reservation of seats. 12. Right to Votes. 13. Filling of Casual Vacancies. 14. Publication of results of elections. 15. Election petitions. 16. Relief that may be claimed by petitioner 17. Grounds for declaring election to be void. 18. Procedure to be followed by prescribed authority. 19. decision of prescribed authority. 20. Procedure in case of equality of votes. 21. Finality of decision. Sections: 22. Corrupt practices. 23. Maintenance of secrecy of voting. 24. Officers etc. at elections not to act for candidates or to influence voting. 25......

Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Insustrial Townships Act, 1965 Complete Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1965

.....such premises; (12) "election" means an election to a Council, and includes any by-election; (13) "factory means a factory as defined in the Factories Act, 1948; (14) "filth" includes sewage, night-soil and all offensive matter; (14A) "Finance Commission" means the Finance Commission constituted in accordance with the provision of article 243-1 of the Constitution of India; (15) "food" includes every article used for food or drink for human consumption 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 and spices and condiments; (16) "goods" includes animals; (17) "house-drain" means any drain of, and used for the drainage of, one or more buildings or premises and made merely for the purpose of communicating therefrom with a municipal drain; (18) "house-gully" or "service passage" means a passage or strip of lands constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving as a drain or of affording access to a privy, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filthy or polluted matter, to servants of the Council or to.....

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.....