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servicc- privy". "servi cell rinal". "sewage" (Part I,—Chapter I.—Preliminary.—Section 2.) (c) as a hotel, lodging-house, home, refuge or shelter, where Ihe building exceeds in cubical extent seven thousand cubic metres or has sleeping accommodation Tor more than one hundred persons; (71) "public street" means any street, road, lane, gully, alley, passage, pathway, square orcourtyard, whether a thoroughfare or noi, over which the public have a right of way, and includes— (a) the roadway over any public bridge or causeway, (b) the footway auached to any such street, public bridge or causeway, and (c) the drains attached lo any such street, public bridge or causeway, and, where there is no drain attached to any such slreel, shall, unless ihe contrary is shown, be deemed lo inchidc all lands up lo the outer wall of Ihe premises abuiting on the street, or, where a street alignment has been fixed and ihe area within such alignment has been acquired by the Corporation and the alignment has been demarcated or is capable of being demarcated up Lo such alignment; (72) "ratepayer" means a person liable to pay any rate, lax or licence fee under this Act; l(72A) "recognised political party" means a national party or a Stale party recogniscd as such by Ihe Election Commission oflndia by notification Tor the lime being in force; (73) "Registered medical practitioner" means amedieul practitioner registered under the Bengal Medical Act, 1914; (74) "regulation" means a regulation made by ihe Corporuiion under this Acl; (75) "rubbish" means dust, ashes, broken bricks, mortar, broken glass and refuse of any kind which is not offensive matter; (76) "rules" means rules made by theSlale Government under this Acl; (77) "service-privy" means a fixed privy which is clcanscd by hand but does not include a movable commode; (78) "service-urinal" means a fixed urinal which is cleansed by hand; (79) "sewage" means night-soil and other conienls ot" privies, urinals, cesspools or drains, and includes irade effluents and discharges from manufactories of all kinds; 'Clause (72 A)\vas inserted by s.'2(2) oftlic Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) An. 1997 (West Ren. Act XXVI of 1997), The Kolkaia Municipal Corporal ion Act, 1980. 584 [West Ben. Act (Part !.—Chapter l.~Preliminary.—Section 2.) "sVy-sijjn". "sky-^jgn" means any word, letter, model, sign, device or other representation, in (lie nature of an advertisement, announcement or direct ion, which is supported on orallached lo any post, pole, standard, framework or other support wholly or in parL upon, over lo above any building or structure and which is wholly or in pari visible againsllhesky from any point in any street or public place, and includes— (a) every part or such support, and (b) any balloon, parachute or similar devicc, employed wholly or in part, Tor the purpose of any advertisement or announcement, on, over or above any building, slruciure or erection of any kind, or on or over any sLreeL or public place, but shall not be deemed lo include— (i) any flagsiaff, pole, vane or weather-cock, unless adapted or used wholly or in pari for ihe purpose or any advertisement or announcement, (ii) any sign on any board, frame or other contrivance securely fixed to or on the lop or ihe wall or parapet or any building or on the cornice or blocking- course or any wall or lo the ridge or a roor, if such contrivance be of one continuous . face and not open work and does not extend in height more than one metre above any pan or such wall, parapet or ridge, or (iii) any representation which relates exclusively lo ihebusinessorarailwayadminislration as defined in ihe Indian Railways Acl, 1890, and which is 9 of 1K90, placed wholly upon or over any railway, railway station, yard, platform or station approach, or premises belonging to such railway administra- tion, and which is so placed (hat it could not Tall into any sireel or public place; j'slnlighter- (81) "slaughter-house" means any place used Tor ihe slaughter or ■ ' ' catlle, sheep, goals, kids or pigs, or hens, fowls, chicken, ducks, turkeys or any other eatable birds Tor the purpose of selling the flesh thereof as meat; '(81 A) "Slale Election Commission" means the Wesl Bengal Stale " Election Commission referred to in sub-section (1) of seciion wcst bc„ 3 of Ihe West Bengal State Election Commision Acl, 1994; Act vin or __________________________________ I____________________________________________ 1994, 'Clause (81) was inserted by s. 4( l)(c) of the West Bengal Municipal Corporation Laws {Third Amendment) Aei, 1994 (Wcsl Ucn. AM XXXVI of 1994), The Kolkaia Municipal Corporation Aci, I9S0. 585 West Hen. Act XXXVII ofI9K1, The municipal authorities. The Corpitralion. Constitution of Ihe Corporation. LIX OR 1980.] (Pan 1!,—Constitution and Government—Chapter II.—The Municipal Authorities.—Sections 3-5.) (S2) "street" means a public or private street; "sircci", (83) "street alignment" means the line dividing Ihe land comprised '-strcL.i in and forming pan or a street from the adjoining land, alignmem". '(83 A) "i/tika tenant" .shall have the same meaningas in the-[Kolkata] Thika Tenancy (Acquisiiion and Regulation) Act. 1981; (84) "year" means a financial year beginning on ihe first day of "year". April. PART II CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT CHAPTER II The Municipal Authorities