Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Private water supply for domestic purposes.- (1) The Commissioner may, on application by the owner or occupier of any building, arrange in accordance with the bye-laws to supply water thereto for domestic consumption and use. (2) It shall not be lawful for the owner of any dwelling house which may be newly constructed or reconstructed to occupy it or cause or permit it to be occupied until he has obtained a certificate from the Commissioner that there is provided within, or within a reasonable distance of the house, such supply of 150 wholesome water as appears to the Commissioner to be sufficient for the domestic consumption and use of the inmates of the house. (3) Where on any land, there are two or more super structures, and the owner of the land is not the owner of all the super structures, the Commissioner may, if it appears to him that the super structures are without a proper supply of water for domestic consumption and use and that such supply can be furnished from the main not more than thirty-five meters distance from any part of any such super structure, by notice require the owner of the land to obtain such supply.