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The Madras Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1978

The Madras Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Act, 1978

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This Act sets up the Madras Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board to provide and manage water supply and sewerage in the Chennai metropolitan area. It sets out the Board's constitution, functions and powers, including compulsory acquisition of land, and its Managing Director and Finance and Engineering Directors.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title and commencement
  2. 2Definitions

Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD AND ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS →

  1. 3Establishment of the Board
  2. 4Constitution of the Board
  3. 9A of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning

Chapter III DIRECTORS, COMMITTEES AND EMPLOYEES →

  1. 10Managing Director
  2. 11Finance and Engineering Directors
  3. 12Terms and conditions of service of whole time directors
  4. 13Non-official directors
  5. 14Disqualifications for appointment as director of the Board
  6. 15Provided that such person shall disclose to the Government, the nature and extent of the shares held by him.
  7. 16Resignation and temporary absence of directors
  8. 17Committees
  9. 18Meetings of the Board and the committees
  10. 19Appointment of officers and other employees
  11. 20Appointment of employees of local authorities
  12. 21Common service cadre
  13. 22Delegation of powers
  14. 23Indemnity of certain directors and bar to proceedings
  15. 24Defects not to invalidate acts

Chapter IV ESTABLISHMENT, TRANSFER AND VESTING OF WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE SERVICES →

  1. 25Local Authority to furnish information to Board prior to notified date
  2. 26Vesting of water supply and sewerage services in the Board
  3. 27Provision for continuance of works in progress
  4. 28Duty to transfer assets, etc., to Board
  5. 29Settlement of disputes
  6. 30Continuance of existing provisions, contracts, obligations, legal proceedings, etc

Chapter V FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT →

  1. 31Boards' fund
  2. 32Such funds shall be invested in such manner as may be determined by the Board with the approval of the Government.
  3. 33Form, signature, exchange, transfer and affect of debentures
  4. 34Taxes leviable by the Board
  5. 35Assessment of annual value
  6. 36Restriction on the levy of taxes
  7. 37Budgets
  8. 38Balance sheet and income and expenditure account
  9. 39Audit
  10. 40Previous sanction of Government for certain schemes, plans and works
  11. 41Power to write off irrecoverable amounts

Chapter VI WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE →

  1. 42Water supply system
  2. 43Supply of water to public authorities and payment therefor
  3. 44Payments for water supplied under the Act and non-liability of the Board
  4. 45Water connections for domestic consumption and use
  5. 46Control over house and other connections
  6. 47Calculation of charges for water supply
  7. 48Prevention of wastage of water
  8. 49The cost of such repairs shall be recovered from the owner of the premises as if it were an arrear of tax, rate or charge provided under this Act.
  9. 50Control over wells, etc
  10. 51Provided that references in those sections to the Commissioner shall be construed as references to the authorised authority.
  11. 52Power to order cleansing of insanitary private water course, spring, tank, well, etc., used for drinking
  12. 53Prohibition of building over water mains
  13. 54Prevention of pollution, etc
  14. 55Sewerage system
  15. 56Sewer connections
  16. 57Power to provide sewers in combination
  17. 58Power to close or limit the use of existing private sewers
  18. 59Control over house sewers, privies and cess-pools
  19. 60Closure, removal, etc., of works in certain cases
  20. 61Sewers, etc., to conform to regulations
  21. 62Obligations of owner and occupier
  22. 63Board's power to carry pipes, sewers, and to maintain works
  23. 64Works beyond the Madras Metropolitan Area
  24. 65Vesting of materials in pipes, sewers, etc., and Board's power to dispose of same
  25. 66Power to carryout works, remove encroachments, sell unclaimed materials, etc
  26. 67Power to enter upon land, etc., and to place and maintain mains, etc
  27. 68Works to be done by licensed plumber
  28. 69Prohibition of certain acts

Chapter VII TRIBUNAL, APPEALS AND REVISION →

  1. 70Constitution of Tribunal
  2. 71Appeals
  3. 72When appeals can be heard and finality of rates, etc
  4. 73Revision

Chapter VIII MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 74Board's dues to be recovered as arrears of land revenue
  2. 75Duties of authorities, etc., to assist the Board
  3. 76Directors, etc., to be deemed public servants
  4. 77Offences and penalties
  5. 78Offences by companies
  6. 79Power to remove difficulties
  7. 80Provided that no such notification shall be issued after the expiry of one year from the date of establishment of the Board under section 3.
  8. 81Power to make regulations
  9. 82Provided that in making regulations regarding any of the matters specified in clauses (f), (h), (j), (k), (l) and (n) the previous sanction of the Government shall be obtained.
  10. 83Application of certain provisions of Tamil Nadu Act 111 of 1939
  11. 84Effect of other laws
  12. 85Amendments to other enactments and savings
  13. 86Service how to be effected
  14. 87Application of Act on extension of Madras Metropolitan Area
  15. 88Rules and notifications to be placed before the Legislature

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