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Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) “bio-degradable garbage” means the garbage or waste material capable of being destroyed by the action of living beings; 1[(aa) “competent authority” means any authority, officer or person appointed by the State Government, by notification, for enforcement of any of the provisions of this Act;] (b) “house gully” means a passage or strip of land constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving as or carrying a drain or affording access to the latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or other polluted matter, by persons employed in the clearing thereof or in the removal of such matter therefrom; (c) “local authority” means a Municipal Corporation, a Municipal Council, a Nagar Panchayat, a Cantonment Board, a Zila Parishad, a Panchayat Samiti or a Gram Panchayat constituted, or continued, under any law for the time being in force; (d) “market” includes any place where persons assemble of exposing for sale, meat, fish, fruits, vegetables, food, or any other articles for human use or consumption with or without the consent of the owner of such place, notwithstanding that there may be no common regulation for the concourse of the buyers and the sellers and whether or not any control is exercised over the business of, or the person frequenting, the market by the owner of the place or by any other persons; 2[(e) “non-biodegradable garbage” means the waste garbage made of non-biodegradable material; and 3[(ee)"non-biodegradable material" means the material which cannot be decomposed or degraded by action of micro- organisms, sunlight or other natural actions and includes goods made or manufactured from Polythene, Nylon or other plastic substances such as Poly-Vinyl-Carbohydrates (P.V.C.), Poly- Propylene and Poly-styrene and any material which is specified to be compostable/biodegradable at a particular temperature level of 35° to 40°C in open conditions for degradation in approximately six months time or any other material which is not degradable on day to day basis in natural climatic conditions of State of Himachal Pradesh as