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Construction and closure of cesspools.— (1) No person shall construct a cesspool— (a) beneath any part of any building or within such distance of any tank, reservoir, water-course or well or within such other distance therefrom as the Health Officer may consider to be practicable having regard to the circumstances of the locality; or (b) within any local area or outside such area but within three hundred feet of any reservoir used for the storage of filtered water to be supplied to such area, except upon a site and in a position which have been approved in writing by the Health Officer. (2) The Health Officer may, at any time, by notice, require any person within whose premises any cesspool is constructed in contravention of sub-section (1) to remove such cesspool or to fill it up with such material as may be approved by him. 13[29. Establishment of commercial, industrial and other establishments and cons- tructions.— (1) 14{No person, including Government Department, semi-Government Organization, Government company and statutory or non-statutory Corporation} shall construct any building, house, cesspool and any other structure unless prior permission to that effect is obtained from the Health Officer or the Medical Officer incharge of the respective Health Centre, at the time of starting such construction and also at the time of actually occupying such constructed premises. (2) No commercial or industrial establishments, warehouses, storehouses, factories, workshops,15[massage parlour/SPAS16[ ] or any other like service] or any other establishments of any kind, shall be established, without obtaining the prior permission from the Director. ----13---- (3) All such permissions issued shall be subject to the payment of such fees as may be notified by the Government from time to time.] 17[29A. Inspection of Massage Parlour/Spa. — (1) The Health Officer or any Officer not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police as may be authorized by the Government, shall, from time to time, inspect the massage parlour/spa or any establishment or premises wherein massage parlour/spa is being run and also the registers that are required to be maintained by them under this Act. The person in-charge of massage parlour/spa shall, at all time, allow such officer to carry out such inspection. If upon inspection, the massage parlour/spa is found being run in contravention of the provisions of this Act or the rules framed thereunder, such Officer shall immediately inform about such contravention to the Collector, who shall immediately take all the steps for closure of massage parlour/spa and send all the details thereof to the Director who shall after affording reasonable opportunity of being heard pass such order as he may deem fit in the matter. (2) No officer referred to in sub-section (1) shall enter any room or area of the massage parlour/spa where the massage is being carried out without prior notice.