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Sewage and rain-water drains to be distinct.— Whenever it is provided in this Chapter that steps shall or may be taken for the effectual drainage of any premises, it shall be competent to the Commissioner to require that shall be one-drain for sullage, excrementitious matter and polluted water and another an entirely distinct drain for rain water and unpolluted sub-soil water or for both rain-water and unpolluted sub-soil water each emptying into separate municipal drains 7[or other places legally set apart, for the drainage] or other suitable places. 1 These words were inserted by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 14(1). 2 These words were substituted for the original words by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 23(a). 3 These words were substituted for the words by “the Member-in-charge” by Mah. 27 of 1999, s. 101. 4 These words were substituted for the original words by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 23(b)(i). 5 These words were substituted for the original words by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 23(b)(i). 6 These words were substituted for the original words by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 23(b)(ii). 7 These words were inserted, ibid., 14(1). 228 The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act [1888 : III