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Section 18: ln the principa Act, for sectlon 19, the following shall be substituted, namely

The Sikkim Water Supply and Water Tax Act, 1986State Act of Sikkim · Act 8 of 1986

"19. lndemnity Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being ln force or any deed executing under ihis Act or rules made thereunder, the Government or its officers and employees shall not be liable for any damage to, or penalty for, dlscontinujng the supply of water or reducing the supply of water or failure to supply water to any person or to any area if the cause of such failure to supp y water to any person or to any area, is due to source depletion, drought, damage, accident, re-laying or repairing pipes or any other circumstance that is beyond the control of the Government, its olfjcers and employees."

19. ln the principa Act, section 21 shall be renumbered as subsection (1) oi that section and aJter sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-sectlons shall be inserted, namely;"

"(2) lt any building, wall or any other struclure be so erected or any street be so lald, the Public Health Engineer in charge ol water supply or any other ol{icer authorlzed by the Department in this behalf may cause the same to be removed or otherwise dealt with as he deems fit and the expenses thereby incurred shal be paid by the persons contravening the provisions of sub-secUon (1).

(3) The expenses under sub-section (2) shal be as determined by the competent authority, whose written certlficate shall be final and bindjng."

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ActThe Sikkim Water Supply and Water Tax Act, 1986
Section18
Marginal noteln the principa Act, for sectlon 19, the following shall be substituted, namely
JurisdictionState of Sikkim
StatusIn force as published by the source

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