 bill no 252 of  2016 the maintenance of cleanliness bill, 2016 by shri maheish girri, mp a billto prohibit littering, spitting and urinating in public places so as to ensure maintenance of clean, hygienic and healthy atmosphere in and around public places and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the maintenance of cleanliness act, 2016(2) it extends to the union territories onlyshort title, extent and commencementdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires:5(a) "local authority" includes a municipal committee, corporation or council, bywhatever name called, district board, cantonment board or any authority for the time being entrusted by law with the control and administration of any matter within a specified local area;(b) "litter" means anything which is likely to dirt or cause or contribute to thedefilement of the place where it is thrown or left to stink;10(c) "public place" means any place to which the general public has, or is entitledor permitted to have, access, with or without payment, and includes roads and highways, streets, lanes, railway stations, hospitals, bank premises, theatres, court premises, race course, circus, music halls, gymnasiums, swimming pools, dancing halls, markets, shopping places, malls, parks, educational institutions and religious places; and(d) "spitting" includes expectorating153 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being inforce, the spitting, littering, urinating, defecating, defiling or defacement in any manner whatsoever, in any public place is hereby prohibitedprohibition of spitting, littering, etc in public place penalty4 whoever violates the provisions of section 3 shall be punished with fine,which shall not be less than one thousand rupees but which may extend upto ten thousand rupees:20provided that while imposing a fine under this section, the risk of diseases orinjury resulting to persons or animals or damage to property shall be taken into consideration by the local authority5 the local authority shall be responsible for the collection of fines undersection 4 and implementation of the provisions of this actlocal authority to collect fine and implement the provisions of this act25power to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification, make rules for carrying outthe purposes of this act30 35(2) every rule under this act by the central government shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, parliament agrees in making any modification in the rule or parliament agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modifications or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonstaking cue from the vision set by the honorable prime minister,  in the form of "swachh bharat abhiyaan", the present bill seeks to prohibit certain activities like, spitting, urinating, discarding garbage at public places the model law that has been implemented by countries like singapore and united states makes such activities a punishable offence and the result is quite evident and visible there is need to imbibe the good practices in the general masses and make them aware of the consequences of littering, which usually leads to various diseases"cleanliness is next to godliness"—a phrase that should be the cornerstone of the21st century india, in order to make it one of the most beautiful nations and help in making the practices of the public, known worldwidehence this billnew delhi;maheish girrijuly  6, 2016 memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative powers is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto prohibit littering, spitting and urinating in public places so as to ensure maintenance ofclean, hygienic and healthy atmosphere in and around public places and for mattersconnected therewith————(shri maheish girri, mp)gmgipmrnd—2598ls(s3)—08112016