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Prohibition of corruption of water by chemicals etc.- (1) No person engaged in any trade or manufacturer which may be specified in the byelaws shall- (a) willfully cause or suffer to be brought or to flow into any lake, tank, reservoir, cistern, well, duct or other place for storing water belonging to the Corporation, or into any drain or pipe communicating therewith, any washing or other substance produced in the course of any such trade or manufacture as aforesaid, or Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 105 | P a g e (b) willfully do any act connected with such trade or manufacture where by the water in any such lake , tank, reservoir, cistern, well, duct or other place for storing water is fouled or corrupted. (2) After giving not less than twenty-four hours‘ previous notice in writing to the owner or to the person who has the management or control of any works, pipes or conduits connected with any such manufacture or trade as is referred to in sub section (1), the Commissioner may lay open to examine the said works, pipes or conduits, and if , upon such examination, it shall appear that the provisions of sub-section (1) have been contravened by reasons of anything contained innor proceeding from the said works, pipes or conduits the expenses incurred in laying open and examining them and in adopting any other measure which the Commissioner considers necessary for removing the cause of suchncontravention shall be paid by the owner of the said works, pipes or conduits or by the person who has the management or control thereof , or through whose neglect or fault the contravention has occurred. But if it appears that there has been no such contravention, the said expenses and also compensation for any damage occasioned by such laying open and examination shall be paid by the Commissioner.