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C.M.W.S.S.B.ACT
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An
act to provide for the constitution of the Chennai Metropolitan Water
Supply and Sewerage Board, for exclusively attending to the growing needs
of and for planned development and appropriate regulation of water supply
and sewerage services in the Chennai Metropolitan Area with particular
reference to the protection of Public health and for all matters connected
therewith or incident al thereto. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
State of Tamil Nadu in the Twenty-ninth Year of the Republic of India
as follows.
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| Chapter I |
| Sections: |
| 01. | Short title and commencement |
| 02. | Definitions |
| Chapter II |
| Establishment of the board and its power and functions. |
| 03 | Establishment of the Board |
| 04 | Constitution of the Board |
| 05 | Functions of the Board |
| 06 | Powers of the Board |
| 07 | Power of Board to call for information |
| 08 | Board exempt from sales-tax and treated like Government for certain other taxes |
| 09 | Compulsory acquisition of Land, etc. |
| Chapter III |
| Sections: |
| 10 | Managing Director |
| 11 | Finance and Engineering Directors |
| 12 | Terms and conditions of service of whole time directors |
| 13 | Non-official directors |
| 14 | Disqualifications for appointment as director of the Board |
| 15 | Removal of Directors |
| 16 | Resignation and temporary absence of directors |
| 17 | Committees |
| 18 | Meetings of the Board and Committees |
| 19 | Appointment of officers and other employees |
| 20 | Appointment of employees of local authorities |
| 21 | Common service cadre |
| 22 | Delegation of powers |
| 23 |
Indemnity of certain directors and bar to proceedings. |
| 24 | Defects not to invalidate acts |
| Chapter IV |
| Establishment, Transfer and Vesting of Water Supply and Sewerage Services |
| Sections: |
| 25 | Local Authority to furnish information to Board prior to notified date |
| 26 | Vesting of water supply and sewerage services in the Board |
| 27 | Provision for continuance of works in progress |
| 28 | Duty to transfer assets etc. to Board |
| 29 | Settlement of disputes |
| 30 | Continuance of existing provisions, contracts obligations, legal proceedings etc. |
| Chapter V |
| FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT |
| 31 | Board's fund |
| 32 | Power of the Board to borrow and lend |
| 33 | Form, signature exchange, transfer and effect of debentures |
| 34 | Taxes leviable by the Board |
| 35 | Assessment of annual value |
| 36 | Restriction on the levy of taxes |
| 37 | Budgets |
| 38 | Balance sheet and income and expenditure account |
| 39 | Audit |
| 40 | Previous sanction of Government for certain schemes, plans and works |
| 41 | Power to write off irrecoverable amounts |
| Chapter VI |
| 42 | Water supply system |
| 43 | Supply of water to public authorities and payment therefor |
| 44. | Payments for water supplied under the Act and non-liability of the Board |
| 45 | Water connections for domestic consumption and use |
| 46 | Control over use and other connections |
| 47 | Calculation of charges for water supply |
| 48 | Prevention of wastage of water |
| 49 | Power to cut off water supply |
| 50 | Control over wells, etc. |
| 51 | Control over use, etc. of underground water in certain cases |
| 52 | Power to order cleansing of unsanitary private water course spring, tank, well, etc. used for drinking |
| 53 | Prohibition of building over water mains |
| 54 | Prevention of pollution ,etc. |
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Sewerage
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| 55 | Sewerage system |
| 56 | Sewerage connections |
| 57 | Power to provide sewers in combination |
| 58 | Powers to close or limit the use of existing private sewers. |
| 59 | Control over house sewers privies and cess pools |
| 60 | Closure, removal etc. of works in certain cases |
| 61 | Sewers, etc. to conform to regulations |
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General
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| 62 | Obligations of owner and occupier |
| 63 | Board's power to carry pipes, sewers etc. and to maintain works |
| 64 | Work beyond the Madras Metropolitan Area |
| 65 | Vesting of materials in pipes, sewers, etc. and Board's power to dispose of same |
| 66 | Power to carry out works, remove encroachments, sell unclaimed materials etc. |
| 67 | Power to enter upon land etc. and to place and maintain mains etc. |
| 68 | Works to be done by licensed plumber |
| 69 | Prohibition of certain acts |
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Chapter
VII
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| 70 | Constitution of Tribunal |
| 71 | Appeals |
| 72 | When appeals can be herd and finality of rates, etc. |
| 73 | Revision |
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Chapter
VIII
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Miscellaneous
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Board's dues to be recovered as arrears of land revenue 75. Duties of authorities, etc. to assist the Board 76. Directors, etc. to be deemed public servants 77. Offences and penalties 78. Offences by companies 79. Powers to remove difficulties 80. Power to make rules 81. Power to make regulations 82. Application of certain provisions of Tamil Nadu Act 4 of 1971 83. Application of certain provisions of Tamil Nadu Act III of 1939 84. Effect of other laws 85. Amendments to other enactments and savings 86. Service how to be effected 87. Application of Act on extension of Madras Metropolitan Area 88. Rules and notifications to be placed before the Legislature |