(1) It shall not be
lawful to construct any building, or to reconstruct any building, or
to occupy any building newly constructed, or to be reconstructed
unless and until-
(a) a drain be constructed of such size, materials and
description, at such level and with such fall as shall
appear to the Municipality to be necessary for the
effectual drainage of such buildings;
(b) there have been provided for and set up in such
building and in the land appurtenant thereto all such
appliances and fittings as may appear to the
Municipality to be necessary for the purposes of
gathering and receiving the drainage from, and
conveying the same off, the said building and the
said land and of effectually flushing the drain of the
said building and every fixture connected therewith.
(2) The drain to be constructed as aforesaid shall empty
into a municipal drain or into some place legally set apart for the
discharge of drainage situated at a distance not exceeding fifty feet
from such building but if there is no such drain or place within that
distance then such drain shall empty into such cess-pool as the
Municipality directs.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in previous subsections, it shall be mandatory for every owner or occupier of a
building or land to take connection, in the prescribed manner, from
the sewerage system as soon as it is laid in that area by any agency,
for the proper discharge of waste water from toilet, kitchen and
bathroom.
(4) Where any person disobeys the directions of the
Municipalities given under sub-section (1), he shall, on conviction,
be punished with a fine which shall not be less than two thousand
rupees but which may extend to five thousand rupees.
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