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throw non- deqradabie ,'Iar- base in public drains and sew.18e. Provision jar ~" placement if receptacles and placesJor deposit d' non-biode- 8radabJe gar- bage, Duty of owners 5, Lind occupiers to collect and de- posit non - biode- 8radable 8arbage etc. (i) "place open to public view" includes any private place or building, monu- ment, fence or balcony visible to a person being in, or passing along, any public place; (j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (k) "Puhlic Analyst" means the person appc.int ed or recognised to be the Government Analyst, in relation to any envirc nmentallaboratory established or rec'Jgnised, under the provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; and (I) "public place" means ;:ny 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, house-gully or way, whether a thoroughfare or not, and landing place to which public are gr.onted access or have a right to resort Or over which they have a right to pass; (m) "Stiltc Government" means the Govei nment of Sikkim. (I) No pers0n by hirnse lf Or through another, shall, knowingly o r c therwise throw or cause to be thrown in any drain, venrilat icri shaft, pipf' and fittings, connec- t eLl with the private or public drainage works, any non-biorlegradable garbage or .my bic:-degraciable bag at' container likelv to- (3) injure the drai nage and sewage system; (b) interfere wi th the free flow or affect the treatment and disposal of drain ,\TIel seWJ.ge conten's and (c) he (litngerolls or cause a nuisance or be prejudicial to public health. (2) No person shall knowingly or otherwise, place or permit to be placed, except in accordance wit!' such procedure and after complying with such sagfe- guarc!, ;;'5 Inay he prescribed, ilny bio-degradable or non-biodegradable garbage in anv puhl ic place or in a place open to public view, unless- (;1,) the gMbage is placed in a garhage receptacle; or (b) the g~rbJ.ge is deposited in a location deSignated by a local authority hiLVingjuri "lic1 ion on an area for the disposal of the garbage. It shall be the duty of the local authority, or any officer aurhorised by it, to-e- (a) place 0 r provide or place in proper and convenient situation public recep- ,de, depots or places fe-r temporary deposit or collection of non-biodegradable g( ..l hage; (rJl provide separate dustbins for teynporary deposit 0[ non-biodejp adable r~r!)age)ther than those kept and maintained for deposit of bio-degradabk garbage; (c) pro vi.!e for the removal of contents of receptacles, deposit and of t 1C accum ul.u ion at all places provided 0 r appointee! by it under clause (a) of this section; and (d) ;\rrange for recycling of the non-biodegradable garbage collected under this Act. It shall be the duty of the owners and occupiers of all lands and buildings- (it) to collect or to cause to be collected from their respective land and buil- dings the no n-bic.depradable garbage and to (l.epcsit, or cause to be deposited, in public receptacles, deposits or places provided for temporary deposit or collection of the non-biodegradable a garbage by the local authority in the area; (b) to provide separate receptacles or clustbins, other than these kept and main- tained for deposit of bio-degradable garbage of the type am! in the manner prescri- bed by the lo cat authority or its officers for collection therein of all the non-bicde- gladablc waste from such-land bui!c1ing anc' to keep such receptacles dustbins in gooo condit.ion and repair. Studies research