The Jammu and Kashmir Village Sanitation Act, 1933
The Jammu and Kashmir Village Sanitation Act, 1933
The Village Sanitation Act of the Provinces of Jammu and Kashmir empowers government-appointed Magistrates to oversee and improve sanitation standards in rural areas. It focuses primarily on ensuring safe drinking water by regulating wells, springs, and general village cleanliness. The Act allows authorities to conduct local enquiries, issue notices for necessary repairs or improvements, and intervene during epidemics by cleaning streets or restricting contaminated water sources. It provides a framework for funding these improvements through public loans and recovering costs from residents. Ultimately, the law aims to protect public health in villages by mandating collective responsibility for maintaining hygienic living conditions.
- 1. Title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Local enquiry as to sufficiency and purity of water supply in a village
- 4. Action that may be taken as result of the local enquiry
- 5. Content of notice
- 6. Magistrate's duty
- 7. Application for loan of public money
- 8. List of persons from whom money to be recovered
- 9. Penalty for breach of rules
- 10. Measures to be taken in case of a serious epidemic etc
- 11. Recovery of sums
- 12. Compensation to persons
- 13. Power to make rules
- 14. Dues under the Act recoverable
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