Definitions.

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Government main" means any water-pipe owned and maintained by the State Government; (b) "jhora" means any natural watercourse, whether on a public land or on a private land; (c) "municipal main" means any water-pipe transferred to, or laid by, the Municipality for the purpose of providing a general supply of water as distinct from supply of water to an individual consumer, and includes any apparatus in connection with such water-pipe: (d) "service-pipe" means so much of any pipe for supplying water as connects a municipal main to any premises; (e) "supply-pipe" means such pipe as connects a Government main or a municipal main to the consumer's premises, and includes service pipe and internal plumbing lines of the consumer's premises; (f) "water-fittings" includes pipes (other than mains), taps, cocks, valves, ferrules, meters, cisterns, baths, and other similar apparatus used in connection with the supply and use of water.