Amendments in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (Sanitation and Public Health) Bye Laws, 1999

Chandigarh, 17^th July, 2017: With reference to Chandigarh Administration, Local Government Department Notification bearing No. 5363- UTFII(8) /98/16323 dated the 18^th December, 1998, published in the Chandigarh Administration Gazette (Extra ordinary) of the 18^th December, 1998 and in exercise of the powers conferred by the Sub-Section (1) of Section 399 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 as extended to the Union Territory, Chandigarh by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 as extended to Union Territory Chandigarh by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act No. 45 of 1994), the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh hereby makes the following bye-laws further to amend the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (Sanitation and Public Health) Bye Laws, 1999 namely:-

1.     Short Title & Commencement:

i.                   These bye laws may be called the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (Sanitation and Public Health) (Amendment Bye Laws, 2017.

2.     These shall come into force at once.

3.     In the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (Sanitation and Public Health)

Bye Laws 1999, after bye law 3, a new bye law 3(A) shall be inserted as under:

“3(a) Every Waste generator shall implement orders duly made by the Commissioner, for implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and any other Rule in this regard as notified from time to time by Govt. of India”.

4.     In the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (Sanitation and Public Health)

Bye Laws 1999, in bye law 11(b), after Clause (iii), new Clauses (iv) and (v) shall be added as under:

“(iv) The defaulter shall be charged for the removal and disposal of their waste at the rates as decided by the Municipal Corporation from time to time”.

“(v) In case of non-payment of charges for the removal and disposal of waste, the same shall be collected from the defaulter as the arrears of water bills”.