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in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) 'biodegradable garbage' means the garbage or waste material capable of being degraded by an action of living organisms; (b) "Board' means the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board established under Section 4 of the Water (Pre'vention and control of pollution) Act, 1974 (No. 6 of 1974); (c) 'local authority" means any body of persons fdr the time being invested by law with the control and administration of matters within, a specified local area and includes.- (i) a Municipal Corporation constituted by or under the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956); (ii) a Municipal Council 'or. a Nagar Panchayat constituted by or under the Madhya Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961); (iii) a Gram Panchayat constituted under the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyani, 1993 (No. I of 1994); (d) "market" includes any place where persons assemble for exposing for the sale of articles for human use or consumption, with or without the consent of the owner of such place, notwithstanding that there may be no commonregulation for the concourse of the buyers and sellers and whether or not any control is exercised over the business of, or the persons frequenting the market by the owner of the place or by any other person; . .. . (e) "non-biodegtadable garbage" means the waste, garbage. or material which is not bio- degradable and having the substances like polyethylene, nylon and other plastic materials such as polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene; polystyrene and variations thereof which are not capable of being degraded by an action of .living organ- isms and are more specifically included in the Schedule to this Act; (t) "occupier" includes- (i) any person who, for the time being, is paying or is liable to pay to the owner, the . rent or any portion of the rent of the land . or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable; (ii) an owner in occupation of or otherwise using his land or building, (iii) a rent free tenant or licensee of any land or building; and . (iv) any person who is liable to pay to the owner, damages. or compensation for the use and occupation of any land or building, (g) "owner" includes a person who, for the time being, is receiving or. is entitled to 'receive the rent of any land or building whether on his own account or on behalf of or for the benefit of any other person or as a trustee, guardian, or receiver for any other person, or who would so receive the rent or be entitled to receive the rent if the land or building or pan thereof where let to .a tenant and includes every person not being a tenant who from time to time derives title as an owner, . . . riri, fIt4i 29 VMW 2004 1162(g) • (h) "place" means any land or building or part of a building and includes the garden, ground and outhouse, if any, pertaining to building or part of a building and also includes apartments and common areas and facilities provided in a building; (I) 'place open to public view includes any private place or building, monument, fence or balcony, visible to a person being in or passing along any public place; (j) " public Analyst" means the person appointed or recognized to be the Government Analyst in relation to any environmental laboratory established or recognized by the Board; (k) "public place" means any place which is open to use and enjoyment of the public whether it is actually used .or enjoyed by the public or not and includes a road, street market, park, house gully or way whether a thoroughfare or not and land- ing place to which public are granted access or have a right to resort or over which they have a right to pass. • 3. No person shall use carry bags or containers made of plastics for storing, carrying, Prohibition on packing and selling the articles for human use or consumption unless the thickness M carry bags usages of carry made of recycled plastic is not less than 25 microns and in case of virgin plastic is not less than hap. 20 microns.