The Oriental Gas Company Act `1857
An Act to confer certain powers on the Oriental Gas Company, Limited.
List of Chapters & Sections
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- 1Power to break up streets, etc., under superintendence, and to open drains
- 2Not to enter on private land without consent
- 3Notice to be served on persons having control, etc., before breaking up streets or opening drains
- 4Streets or drains not to be broken up except under superintendence of persons having control of the same. If persons having the control, etc., fail to superintend, Company may proceed with the work
- 5Streets broken up to be reinstated without delay
- 6Penalty for delay in reinstating streets
- 7In case of delay, other parties may reinstate, and recover the expenses. Expense how to be ascertained and recovered
- 8Power to enter buildings for ascertaining quantity of gas consumed
- 9Recovery of rent due for gas
- 10Power to take away pipes when supply of gas discontinued
- 11Meters not liable to distress for rent, etc
- 12Penalty for fraudulently using gas
- 13Penalty for wilfully damaging pipes
- 14Satisfaction for accidentally damaging pipes
- 15Penalty for causing water to be corrupted. Daily penalty during the continuance of the offence
- 16Daily penalty during escape of Gas after notice
- 17Penalty if water be fouled by Gas
- 18Power to examine Gas-pipes to ascertain cause of water being fouled
- 19Expenses to abide result of examination
- 20How expenses to be ascertained
- 21Liability to indictments for nuisance
- 22Copies of the original Deed of Association and of all rules, etc., to be kept for inspection at the office of the Company in Calcutta and in the office of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, or the Keeper of the Records of the Supreme Court at Fort William
- 23Service of process
- 24Recovery of penalties, etc
- 25Levy by distress
- 26No distress unlawful for want of form, etc
- 27Interpretatio