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.

  Chapter I
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
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
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.
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
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

  Chapter VII
70   Constitution of Tribunal
71   Appeals
72   When appeals can be herd and finality of rates, etc.
73   Revision

  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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