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Delinitions: ln this, unless the context otherwise requires- (o) 'Act meons the Arunochol Prodesh Woter SupplyAct,20l5. (b) 'Assistont Enginee/ meons, on Assistont Engineer in chorge of o Sub-division or equivolent ronk of the Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment. (c) 'Chief Engineer' meons the Chief Engineer of Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment. (d) 'Competent outhority meons ond includes Chief Engineer, Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment or ony other officer like Superintending Engineer, Executive Engineer, Assistont Engineer ond Junior Engineer oI Public Heolth Engineerlng ond Woter Supply Deportment outhorized by him in this beholf. 23 (e) 'Consumer' meons owner (s) or occupier (s) of ony building or premises provided with woter connection either by piped connection or by hond pump, tube well or well or tonker by the Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment. (0 ' Consumer of Woter' meons who uses the woter supplied by the deportment. (g) 'Consumers Moin' meons woter pipes which connect Government Moin with consume/s premises ond includes service pipe ond internol plumbing line of the consumer's premises. (h) 'Deportment' meons Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment, of the Government of Arunochol Prodesh. (i) ' Executive Engineer' meons the Executive Engineer in- chorge ol o Division in Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment. (j)'Fire Hydront' meons hydrontfixed on the woter moin other thon the trunk moin for offording supply of woter for extinguishing ony fire; (k) 'Government' meqns the government of Arunochol Prodesh. (l) 'Government Moin' meons woter pipeline for the purpose oI giving o generol supply of woter which includes ony opporotus used in connedion with such o pipe ond which is mointoined by the Government. (m) 'Junior Engineer' meons o Junior Engineer of Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment in chorge of o section. (n) 'Locol Body' meons o City Corporotion, o Municipol Council or o Villoge or Nogor Ponchoyat. (o) ' Ownel , in relotion to ony premises, meons the person who receives the rent of thot premises or who would be entitled to receive the rent thereof if the premises were let, ond includes,- (i) on ogent or trustee who receives such rent on beholf ol the owner; (ii) on ogent or trustee who receives the rent of, or is entrusted with the monogement of ony premises devoted to religious or choritoble purposes; (p) (q) (r) (s) (t) 24 (iii) o receiver or monoger oppointed by ony court of competent iurisdiction to hove the chorge of, or to exercise the rights ol on owner of soid premises; ond (iv) o mortgogee in possession. ' Premises' meons ony lond or building ond includes- (i) the gorden, lond ond outhouses, if ony, oppertoining to o building or port of building; ond (ii) ony fitting offixed to o building or port of o building for more beneficiol enjoyment thereof . ' Public Hydront'meons hydront meontfor supply ofwoter to the public within o locol oreo; ' Ru les' meons ony rules mode under this AcU 'Superintending Engineer' meons Superintending Engineer in chorge of o Public Heolth Engineering ond Woter Supply Deportment Circle. ' Semi Urbon' meons other DiskictTowns, Sub-Divisionol towns, Circle Heodquorters which ore not yet declored/ notified os Urbon Towns by the Government ofArunochol Prodesh- 'Section' meons o section of the Act; 'Service Line' meons the portion of consumer moin storting from the point where consumer moin joins the Government moin upto the point in the consumer moin where woter meter is instolled. 'Top' meons ony outlet or inlet instolled for extrocting woter from consumer pipeline connected to Government woter pipeline. Some of specific exomples of tops ore bibcock, inlet to cistern, shower, stop cock, boll cock fixed ot reservoir etc. 'Urbon' meons the Stote Copitol or District Towns declored/notified os Urbon Towns by the Government of Arunochol Prodesh. ' Woter Connection' includes- (i) ony tonk, cistern, hydront, stond-pipe, meter or top situoted on a,ny premises or property ond connected with o moin or the distribution pipe; ond (u) (v) (w) (x) (y) 25 (ii) the woter pipe connecting such o tonk, cistern, hydront stond pipe, meter or top with such moin or distribution pipe; (z) 'Woter Supply' meons o system of providing woter to o community for meeting its requirements both domestic ond non-domestic, but does not include providing woter for inigotion purposes. Chopter - ll Provision of woter ond collection of toriff