(1) This Act may be called the Sikkim Sewerage and Sewage Disposal Act, 1987.
(2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim.
(3) It shall come into foreeon such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint .and different dates may be appointed for different areas or different provisions of this Act.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) "Cess pool" includes a settlement tank or other tank to receive or dispose of foul matters from any premises;
(ii) "Chief Engineer-cum-Secretary" means the Chief Engineer-cum-Secretary to the Government of Sikkirn in the Buildings, Public Health Engineering and Housing Department;
(iii) "Competent -Authority" means the Chief Engineercum-Secretary, in the Buildings, Public Health Engineering and Housing Department of the Government of Sikkim or any other officer authorised by him in his behalf;
1J 2 . (iv) "Department" means the Buildings, Public Health Engineering and Housing Department in the Government of Sikkim;
(v) "Drain" means a sewer, tunnel, pipe, ditch, gutter or channel or any cistern, flush tank, septic tank or other device for carrying ofT or treating sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, sullage, waste water or sub-soil water and includes any culvert, ventilation - shaft or pipe or other appliances or fittings connected with such drain, and any ejectors, compressed air mains, sealed sewage mains and special mechinery or apparatus for raising, collecting, expelling or removing sewage or offensive matter from any place;
(vi) "Government Sewer main" means any pipe or system of pipes alongwith all fittings thereto laid by the State Government by means of which Sewage is transported from any premises to its final disposal point;
(vii) "Occupier", in relation to any premises, means the following-
(a) any person for the time being paying or liable to pay rent or any portion thereof to the owner in respect of those premises;
(b) an owner who is ill occupation of those premises;
(c) a tenant of those premises who is exempted from payment of rent; .
(d) a licensee who is in occupation of those premises; and
(e) any person, who is liable to pay damages to the owner in respect of use and occupation of those premises;
(viii) "Owner" in relation to any premises, means the person who receives the rent of the said premises or who would be entitled to recei ve the rent thereof if the premises were let out and includes=-
(a) an agent or trustee who receives the rent on account of the owner;
(b) an agent or trustee who receives the rent of, or is entrusted with the management of any premises devoted to religious or charitable purposes;
(c) a receiver or manager appointed by any Court of competent jurisdiction to have the charge of, or to exercise the rights of an owner of the said premises; and
(d) a mortgagee in possession;
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(xi) "premises" means any land part thereof;
"prescribed" means prescribed by rules;
"sewage" means night-soil and other contents of water closets, latrines, privies, urinals, cesspools or drains and polluted water from sinks, bathrooms, stables and other like places and includes trade effluent;
and/or building or any
(xii) "sewer" means closed or open conduit for carrying sewage, offensive matter, polluted water, waste water, or su b-soil water;
"sewerage" means a system of collection of waste water from community from its houses, institutions, industries and public places, pumping, treatment, utilization and disposal of such waste water, its effluent, sludge, gas and other products;
(xiii) Vesting of nublie drab! ill the deportment, Right 4 Oll'ller or occupier to obtain Sewer Connection ..
Chargesfor Sewerage savices, L('1'1 of S~-'l-rerog~ Tax, Assessment of annual value, ..., .)
(xiv) "Trade Effluent" means any liquid either with or without particles of matters in suspension or dissolved therein, which is wholly or in part produced or dis-.
charged in the course of any trade or industry, including agriculture and horticulture, but it does not include domestic sewage; and
(xv) "User" means any person getting the benefit of any sewerage service fr0111 the Department.