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Provision of privies, etc.—(1) In case the municipal council is of opinion that any privy, or cesspool, or additional privies, or cesspools, should be provided in or on any 1[building or vacant land]1, or shifted or removed from any 1[building or vacant land]1 or, in any 2[municipal area]2 in which a water-closet system has been introduced, that water closets should be substituted for the existing privies in or on any 1[building or vacant land]1, or that additional water-closets should be provided therein or thereon, the municipal council may, by written notice, call upon the owner of such 1[building or vacant land]1 to provide such privies, cesspools or water-closets as the municipal council may deem proper.