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Commissioner may enforce drainage of undrained premises not situate within a hundred feet of a municipal drain.— (1) Where any premises are, in the opinion of the Commissioner, without sufficient means of effectual drainage, but no municipal drain or such place as aforesaid is situated at a distance not exceeding one hundred feet from some part of the said premises, the Commissioner may by written notice, require the owner or occupier of the said premises— 1[(a) to construct a drain up to a point to prescribe in such notice, but into distance more than one hundred feet from some part of the said premises, or (b) to construct a closed cesspool of such material, size and description in such position, at such level, and with allowance for such all as the Commissioner thinks necessary, and drain or drains emptying into such cesspool.] 2[(2) Any requisition for the construction of any drain under sub-section (1) may comprise any detail specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) of section 231.] 3[232A. Power of Commissioner to drain premises in combination.— (1) Where the Commissioner is of opinion that any group or block of premises, any part of which is situate within one hundred feet of a municipal drain, or other place legally set for the discharge of drainage, already existing or about to be constructed, may be drained more economically or advantageously in combination than separately, the Commissioner may, with the approval of 4[the Standing Committee] cause such group or block of premises to be drained by such method as appears to the Commissioner to be best suited therefor, and the expense incurred by the Commissioner in so doing shall be paid by the owners of such premises in such proportions as 5[the Standing Committee] may think fit. (2) Not less than fifteen days before any work under this section is commenced, the Commissioner shall give written notice to the owners of all the premises to be drained, of— (a) the nature of the intended work, (b) the estimated expenses thereof, and (c) the proportion of such expenses payable by each owner. (3) The owners for the time being of the several premises constituting a group or block drained under sub-section (1) shall be the joint owners of every drain, constructed, erected or fixed, or continued, for the special use and benefit only of such premises, and shall, in the proportion in which it is determined that the owner of such premises, are to contribute to the expenses incurred by the Commissioner under sub-section (1), be responsible for the expenses of maintaining every such drain in good repair and efficient condition, but every such drain shall from time to time be flushed, cleaned and emptied by the Commissioner at the charge of the Municipal fund.]