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(1) Each Village Panchayat shall fix a user fee, to meet the whole or part of the cost for providing services in connection with segregation, collection, transportation, storage, processing and disposal of waste on every waste generator and collect the same in the manner as may be specified by the Village Panchayat: Provided that if the Government has fixed the rate for user fee, the Village Panchayat shall not fix a rate less than the rate fixed by the Government. (2) Each waste generator shall pay the user fee to the Village Panchayat or to any authorised agency before the last date of every month or within such period as may be decided by the Village Panchayat. (3) If any waste generator fails to pay the user fee as provided under sub-section (2), it shall be recovered, together with fine at the rate of fifty percent per month: Provided that such fine shall be recovered only where such user fee has not been remitted even after the expiry of ninety days from the specified date. (4) The user fee together with fine shall be recovered as arrears of public revenue as specified in section 210. (5) The Secretary, without prejudice to any other actions that may be taken against the defaulter of the user fee, may refuse to provide any service from the Village Panchayat to such defaulter until the user fee is paid. (6) The Government or in accordance with the guidelines as may be issued by the Government from time to time, the Village Panchayat may, exempt any waste generator or class of waste generators or owners or occupiers of any unoccupied or vacant buildings, from the payment of user fee in whole or in part.] Inserted by ACT 5 OF 2024 published in K.G.Ext. No. 819 dt. 04/03/2024 (09/12/2023).