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- (a) filth as defined in clause (13); and
- (b) sewage as defined in clause (35), and
- (c) dirt, house Sweepings, spittings including chewed betel and tobacco, kitchen or stable refuse, broken glass or pottery, debris, ashes, rags and waste paper;
(30) "Offensive trade" means any trade in which the substances dealt with are or are likely to become a nuisance;
(31) "Owner" includes the person for the time being receiving or entitled to receive whether on his own account or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for another person or estate or for any religious or charitable purposes, the rent or profits of the property in connection with which the word is used;
(32) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the Government by rules made under this Act;
(33) "Private street" means any street, road, square, Court, alley, lane, passage or ridingpath, which is not a "public street", but does not include a pathway made by the owner of premises on his own land to Secure access to or the convenient use of such premises;
(34) "Public street" means any street, road, square, court, alley, lane, passage or ridingpath, whether a thoroughfare or not, Over which the public have a right of way and includes -
- (a) the roadway over any public bridge or cause way;
- (b) the footway attached to any such street, public bridge or causeway; and
- (c) the drains attached to any such street, public bridge or cause way and the land whether covered or not by any pavement, verandah or other structure which lies on either side of the roadway up to the boundaries of the adjacent property whether that property is private property or property belonging to the Government;
(35) "Sewage” means nightsoil and other contents of latrines, cesspools or drains and includes trade effluents and discharges from manufactories of all kinds;
(36) "Street" means a public or a private street;
(37) "Urban local area" means the area within the jurisdiction of an urban local authority;
(38) "Urban local authority" means a municipality constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994, (20 of 1994)
(39) "Venereal disease" means syphilis, gonorrhoea, soft chancre, venereal granuloma, orlympho-granuloma;
(40) "Water-Course" includes any river, stream or channel, whether natural or artificial, other than a drain;
(41) "Wharf" means a landing place Specially set apart for purposes of loading and unloading goods or entry and exit of passengers;
(42) "Workplace" means any premises including the precincts thereof (not being a factory or a Workshop), where in is carried on any industrial, manufacturing or trade process, at which not less than five persons are employed for wages or any other remuneration;
(43) "Workshop" means any premises including the precincts thereof (not being a factory wherein any article or part of an article is made, repaired, altered, ornamented, finished or otherwise adapted for use on a Commercial basis and not less than five persons are employed for that purpose for wages or any other remuneration.