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Near' building not to be erected without drains.-- (1) It shall not be lawful to construct or reconstruct any building, or to occupy or permit occupation of any building newly constructed or reconstructed, unless and until -- (a) a drain is constructed o f such size, ma- terials anddescription, at such level and with . such fall, as may be required by the bye-laws or . . if no bye-laws have been framed by the Council, as , . shall appear to the Chief Officer to be necessary -.. i:: for the effectual drainage .of auch buildingt >a , .. .< ,. . : i (b) there have been provided for and set up L in such building and in the land appurtenant . , thereto, all such appliances and fittings as may . be required by the bye-laws or if no bye-laws have ' been framed by the Council a8 may appear to the . . . , Chief Officer 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. - .. i li e .. r s,s ,!% : . . , : . : . . : . . ,. - ..!*,~,%. . .. .- . , . . f;.;;Kn> .:> . .. ; (.- i i i 5 7 ~ i I . . .. ( 2 ) The drain to-be constructed as aforesaid shall emptv into a municival drain. or into some vlace set apart by the Counc'll for th; discharqe of -drainage, situated-at a distance not erceedings-fifteen meties from such building; but if there is no such drain or place within that distance, then such drain shall c , ; : ! iir.M1,s .:.<. :'~t%<! .-.d . . ; .,<I ;.,a ::..:qdo?i , :,i-i,,,:*> : 4 ; i , i ;- '. < ,., . , I :.. l s ; 7 ? 3 -yf L*;>*<.:-;,.Fzy. b;?,$ ,*;:**.>:~ c:. ,:;: , .empty into a cesspool provided by the owner of such building and approved by the Chief Officer. 199, Powers of owners and occupiers of buildings or lande to drain into municipal drains. -- (1) The owner or occupier of any building or land within the municipal area shall be entitled to cause his drains to empty into a municipal drain : Provided that he first obtains the written permi- ssion of the chief Officer and complies with such conditions as the Chief Officer may, subject to the provisions of by-laws, if any, prescribe as to the mode in which and the superintendence under which the communications are to be made between drains not vested in %he Council and drains which are so vested. ( 2 ) An appeal shall 'lie to the Council against: any ordgr of the Chief Officer under sub-section (11, if made within fifteen days of the receipt of such order. 2 Right to carry drain through land or into drain Belonging to other persons. -- I b ) If the owner or occupier of any building or land desires to connect the same with any municipal drain, by means of a drain to be constructed through any land, or do be connected with a drain, belonging to or bccupied by or in the use of some other person, he may make a written application in that behalf to the Chief Officer . ( 2 ) Subject to the control of the Council, the Chief Officer thereupon, after giving to such other person a reasonable opportunity of stating any objection to such application, may, if no objection is raised, or if any objection which is raised is in his opinion insufficient, by an order in writing authorise the applicant to carry his drain into, through, or under the eaid land, or' into .the said drain, as the case may be, in such manner and on such conditions 3s to the payment of rent or compensation, and as ,to the respective responsibilities of the parties for maintaining, repairing; flushing, cleaning and emptying the said drains as may appear to him t'o be adequate and equitable. 13) Every such order shall be a sufficient autority to the person in whose favour it is made, or to any agent or other person employed by him for this purpose, after giving or tendering to the owner, occupier or user of the said land or drain the com- pensation or rent, if any, specified in the said order, and otherwise fulfilling as far as possible the conditions of the said order, and after giving to the said owner, occupier or user reasonable notice in writing, to enter upon the land specified in the said order with assistants and workmen at any time between sunrise and sunset and subject to the provisions of this Regulation, to do all such work as may be necessary-- la) for the construction or connection of the drain, as may be authorised by the said order; (b) for renewing, repairing, or altering the same as may be necessary from time to time; or (c) for discharging any responsibility attaching to him under the terms of the order as to maintaining, repairing, flushing, cleaning or emptying the said drain or any part thereof. ( 4 ) In executing any work under thxs section as little damage as possible shall be done and the owner or occupier of the buildings or lands for the benefit , of which the owrk is done, shall -- (a) cause the work to be executed with the least practicable delay; (b) fili in, reinstate and make good at hia own cost and with the least practicable delay the ground or any portion of any building or other construction opened, broken up or removed for the purpose of executing the said work; and (c) pay compensation to any person who sustai.ns damage by the execution of the said work.