The Jammu and Kashmir Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act, 2010 2Chapter 1 · Preliminary

Section 2 · Definitions

- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a)

"area", in relation to any provision of this Act, means such area as the Government may, having regard to the requirements of that provision, specify by notification;

(b)

"building" means a house, out-house, stable, latrine, urinal, sheet house, hut, wall (other than a boundary wall) or any other structure whether made of masonry, bricks, wood, mud, metal or other material ;

(c)

"dry latrine" means a latrine other than a water-seal latrine ;

(d)

"environment" includes water, air and land and the interrelationship which exists among and between water, air and land and human beings, other living creatures, plants, micro-organism and property ;

(e)

"environmental pollutant" means any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment ;

(f)

"environmental pollution" means the presence in the environment of any environmental pollutant ;

(g)

"Executive Authority" means an Executive Authority appointed under sub-section (1) of section 5 ;

(h)

"HUDCO" means the Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited, a Government company registered by that name under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) ;

(i)

"Government" means the Government of Jammu and Kashmir ;

(j)

"latrine" means a place set apart for defecation together with the structure comprising such place, the receptacle therein for collection of human excreta and the fittings and apparatus, if any, connected therewith ;

(k)

"manual scavenger"means a person engaged in or employed for manually carrying human excreta and the expression "manual scavenging" shall be construed accordingly ;

(l)

"notification" means a notification published in the Government Gazette ;

(m)

"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; and

(n)

"water-seal latrine" means a pour-flush latrine, water flush latrine or a sanitary latrine with a minimum water-seal of 20 millimetres diameter in which human excreta is pushed in or flushed by water.

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