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(1) Where any premises are in the opinion of the Chief
Executive Officer, without sufficient means of effectual drainage and a cantonment drain or some place
approved by the Chief Executive Officer for the discharge of filth and other polluted and obnoxious
matter is situated at a distance of not exceeding thirty metres from any part of the said premises, he may,
by written notice, require the owner of the said premises--
(a) to make a drain emptying into such cantonment drain or place;
(b) to provide and set up all such appliances and fittings as may appear to the Chief Executive
Officer necessary for the purposes of gathering and receiving the filth and other polluted and
obnoxious matter from, and conveying the same off, the said premises and of effectually flushing
such drain and every fixture connected therewith;
(c) to remove any existing drain or other appliance or thing used or intended to be used for
drainage which is injurious to health;
(d) to provide a closed drain in substitution of an open drain or to provide such other appliance or
thing either newly or in substitution of any existing appliance or thing or to provide both a close drain
and such other appliance or thing in substitution of the existing open drain and other appliance or
thing, which is or is likely to be injurious to health;
(e) to provide and set up all such appliances and fitting as may appear to the Chief Executive
Officer to be necessary for the purpose of gathering and receiving the waste water from floors and
galleries of buildings when they are washed, and conveying the same through spouts, by down-take
pipes so as to prevent such waste water from discharging directly on streets or inside any lower
portion of the premises;
(f) to carry out any work to improve or re-model an existing drain which is inadequate,
insufficient or faulty.
(2) Where in any case not provided for in sub-section (1) any premises are, in the opinion of the
Chief Executive Officer, without sufficient means of effectual drainage, he may, by written notice, require
the owner of the premises
(a) to construct a drain up to a point to be prescribed in such notice but not at a distance or more
than thirty meters from any part of the premises; or
(b) to construct a closed cesspool or soakage pit and drain or drains emptying into such cesspool
or soakage pit.
(3) Any requisition for the construction of any drain under sub-section (2) may contain any of the
details specified in sub-section (1).
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