Amendment of section 177.

In section 177 of the principal Act,— (1) in sub-section (2), for items (vi) and (vii), the following items shall be substituted, namely:— "(vi) as a public resort, or lodging house, or (vii) as a marriage hall or shopping mall, or (viii) as a religious place, ". (2) after sub-section (3) including the proviso thereto, the following sub-sections shall be added, namely:— "(4) No person or owner or occupier of any land or building shall litter or deposit solid waste or allow any filth to flow at any public place or open land or otherwise dispose off the carcass other than the place specified therefor. (5) The municipality shall arrange for disposal of solid waste generated from the religious places where a temple, mosque, church, mutt, or any other place of religious importance, or institution or any place used for religious purpose or fairs, festivals, mass events, exhibitions held within the municipal limit based on the request in writing from the person having control over such places with such charges as may be determined by the council. (6) The council shall levy user charges from all the waste generators within the limit of municipality for disposal of solid waste. (7) No person shall commit a nuisance by relieving himself or defecate or urinate in any street or public place. (8) The Commissioner shall levy spot fine as determined by the council, from time to time, on the defaulters. Such spot fines may be collected by officers, not below the rank of Sanitary Inspector duly authorized by the municipality in this behalf.".