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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 |
01 Short title and commencement
02 Definitions
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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.
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Chapter III |
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
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Chapter IV |
| Establishment, Transfer and Vesting of Water Supply and Sewerage Services |
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.
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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
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
| Miscellaneous |
74 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
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