Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Precautions in case of dangerous tanks, wells, holes etc.- (1) If any tank, pond, well, hole, stream, dam, bank or other place be deemed by the Commissioner to be for want of sufficient repair, protection or enclosure, dangerous to the passers by or to persons living in the neighbourhood, the Chief Commissioner shall by notice require the khatadar to fill in, remove, repair, protect or enclose the same so as to prevent any danger therefrom. (2) If immediate action is necessary the Commissioner may himself, before giving such notice or before the period of notice expires, take such temporary measures as he thinks fit to prevent danger and the cost of doing so shall be recoverable from the khatadar as arrears of land revenue.