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| | This Law may be cited as the National Water Supply and Drainage Board Law, No. 2 of 1974, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may appoint by Order published in the Gazette, (in this Law referred to as the "appointed date "). |
| 2.
| | National Water Supply and Drainage Board. |
| 3.
| | The Board to be a body corporate. |
| 4.
| | The objects of the Board. |
| 5.
| | Constitution of the Board. |
| 6.
| | Seal of the Board. |
| 7.
| | Remuneration of members of the Board. |
| 8.
| | Presidency of meetings. |
| 9.
| | Quorum. |
| 10.
| | Meetings of the Board. |
| 11.
| | Head office of the Board. |
| 12.
| | Minister's directions to the Board. |
| 13.
| | Members of the Board deemed to be state officers. |
| 14.
| | The Board deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the Bribery Act. |
| 15.
| | Areas of authority of the Board. |
| 16.
| | General duties of the Board in its areas of authority. |
| 17.
| | Powers of the Board. |
| 18.
| | Consultants. |
| 19.
| | Power of the Board to supervise and control waterworks and sewerage works Installed for joint schemes, |
| 20.
| | Disputes arising from exercise of powers of Board under section 19. |
| 21.
| | Board to undertake exclusively supply of water. |
| 22.
| | Board to construct intakes, filters, tanks, aqueducts, and other works. |
| 23.
| | Power of the Board to break up streets, &c., and enter private land. |
| 24.
| | Board to lay or enlarge water main along private street. |
| 25.
| | Right of water rate payers to free use of water from public stand-pipes for domestic purposes. |
| 26.
| | "Domestic purposes", what not included in.. |
| 27.
| | Power of General Manager to enter and examine premises. |
| 28.
| | Penalty for suffering pipes, &c., to be out of repair. |
| 29.
| | Power of General Manager to repair pipes, &c., and recover expenses. |
| 30.
| | Misuse of water. |
| 31.
| | Penalty for affixing pipe or apparatus to communication or other pipe without the consent of the General Manager. |
| 32.
| | Penalty for supplying water to, or permitting it to be taken from supplied premises by, any other person. |
| 33.
| | Penalty for taking or using water from reservoir, &c. |
| 34.
| | Penalty for destroying or injuring works, &c. and wasting water. |
| 35.
| | Power of General Manager to cut off water supply in certain cases. |
| 36.
| | General Manager or his agents may enter any building or premises for cutting off water supply. |
| 37.
| | Penalty for fouling water, &c, |
| 38.
| | Penalty for doing any act connected with any business by which the water in any stream, &c., belonging to the waterworks is fouled. |
| 39.
| | Cost of the examination. |
| 40.
| | Board to construct sewers, outfalls, treatment works and other works. |
| 41.
| | Power of the Board to break up streets, &c., and enter private land. |
| 42.
| | Power to affix to buildings, pipes for ventilation of sewers. |
| 43.
| | Connection of private sewer with any public sewer without authority. |
| 44.
| | Erection of building over public sewers. |
| 45.
| | Construction, &c. of private sewers. |
| 46.
| | Sewers in new buildings. |
| 47.
| | Sewerage of premises within three hundred feet of sewer. |
| 48.
| | Sewerage in combination. |
| 49.
| | Right to carry sewers through land belonging to other persons. |
| 50.
| | Right of owners to joint use of sewers. |
| 51.
| | Maintenance and repair of sewer. |
| 52.
| | Reconstruction of defective sewers and appliances. |
| 53.
| | Sewers or appliances laid under streets. |
| 54.
| | Entry to premises. |
| 55.
| | New sewers not to be used without permission. |
| 56.
| | Offences. |
| 57.
| | Transfer to the Board of any Government water supply and sewerage undertakings. |
| 58.
| | Voluntary transfer scheme. |
| 59.
| | Compulsory transfer scheme. |
| 60.
| | Direction for preparation of compulsory transfer scheme. |
| 61.
| | Contents of transfer scheme. |
| 62.
| | Powers of Board for the purposes of the preparation of a transfer scheme. |
| 63.
| | Presentation of scheme to Minister for approval. |
| 64.
| | Orders to give effect to transfer scheme. |
| 65.
| | Reference of certain disputes to Minister. |
| 66.
| | Procedure for taking possession of property for and on behalf of Board. |
| 67.
| | Prevention of, or obstruction to, taking possession of property for and on behalf of Board. |
| 68.
| | General Manager of the Board, his powers and duties and their delegation. |
| 69.
| | Appointments to the staff of the Board. |
| 70.
| | Retirement of state officers of the Department and their employment by the Board. |
| 71.
| | Employment of personnel in case of transfer of water supply and sewerage undertakings of a local authority to the Board. |
| 72.
| | Appointment of state officers and servants of local authorities other than those referred to in sections 70 and 71 to the staff of the Board. |
| 73.
| | Service to the Board to be regarded as service to the Government for the purposes of contracts to serve the Government. |
| 74.
| | Employment by Board of persons already in receipt of pensions. |
| 75.
| | Interpretation. |
| 76.
| | Members of the staff of the Board deemed to be state officers. |
| 77.
| | Application of the provisions of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971. |
| 78.
| | Financial year. |
| 79.
| | Capital of the Board. |
| 80.
| | Sri Lanka Water Supply and Sewerage Stock. |
| 81.
| | Government guarantee. |
| 82.
| | Minister of Finance to inform National State Assembly about guarantee. |
| 83.
| | Reserve funds. |
| 84.
| | Board to fix rates and charges. |
| 85.
| | Power to fix different charges. |
| 86.
| | Board to determine charges in cases of doubt. |
| 87.
| | Recovery of water supply charge and sewerage charge |
| 88.
| | Discontinuance of supply to consumer neglecting to pay charges. |
| 89.
| | Special provision relating to rates and charges payable by local authority. |
| 90.
| | Regulations. |
| 91.
| | Penalty for contravention of regulation. |
| 92.
| | Acquisition of immovable property under the land Acquisition Act for the Board. |
| 93.
| | Power of companies, &c, to enter into contracts with the Board. |
| 94.
| | Protection for action taken tinder this Law or on the direction of the Board. |
| 95.
| | No writ to issue against person or property of member of the Board. |
| 96.
| | Special grant of lease of property belonging to the Republic to Board. |
| 97.
| | Penalty for causing failure of water services of the Board. |
| 98.
| | Power of Board to make rules under this Law. |
| 99.
| | This Law to prevail over other written law. |
| 100.
| | Interpretation. |