Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(2) It extends to the whole of Sikkim. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government m"y, by noti- fication, in the Official Gazette appoint and different dat es IT.?)' be appointed fC'1 di Herent areas. r ;, commencement, Difinirioll , " . L1 this Act, unl ess tl.e context otherwise requires- (a) "bio-Jegractable garbage" means the gnbage or wr ste mat«: i,1 cilpal;le,r being c1estroyed by the action of' living beings; (b) «house gully" means a pJ,"lage or sn ip If land co nsn uct ed, set apc;rt 0]' ut il ised for the pnrpose of serl"ing or carrying a drs in c r aA-orc~ing access to tLt.: latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth c-r other polluted mctt er. by pereons employed in the c1e"ring thereof or in the removal of such rnat re r there- from; (c) "Iocal authority" means a Municipal Ccrporatic n , a Municipal Cc unc il , a Nagar Panchavat, a Cantonment Board, ~ Zilla Pai ishad, a Panchayat Sarniti Of a Gram Pancliavat constituted, or continued, under any law fer the t ime being in L rcc , (d) "ll1d!');.st" includes any place where persons assemble f0r expcsing for sale, ~:lCilt, fi:;h, r,ui ts , vegetables, food, or any other articles for human use or consump- 1 iLl I" "'i,h c r without tl:c consent of the owner of such place, notwithstanding that tllen: "lay Lc 11(;ccrnrnon reg1l1atkn fo: the co nco urse of the bUyt'rs and the sellers ,1net \vi-",:tLcr-',. net any control is exercised over the business of, or the person f"'::Cjucnting, t!:e ,),uoket by t1:~ owner of t~c place or by any other perscl15; " h' I 1 [' ." "I t