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Application for private water-supply from whom to be received.— (1) 3[Supply pipes] for conveying to any premises a private supply of water from 4[a municipal water-work] shall not 5[be connected with such water-work] except on the written application or with the written assent of the owner of the premises, of the person primarily liable for the payment of property-taxes on the said premises: 6[Provided that, in respect of any premises, where the owner or person primarily liable for the payment of property-taxes fails or refuses or make such application or to give his assent within a reasonable period, the supply pipes for conveying to such premises such water-supply may be connected with such water-work on the written application of the occupier or such premises made to the Commissioner, after holding necessary inquiry and payment of the cost of connecting the supply pipes and subject to such other conditions (including those for payment of water taxes and water charges) as the Commissioner may deem fit to impose.] 7[(2) Commissioner may in certain case require owners to obtain private water-supply.— But it shall appear to the Commissioner that any premises situated within any portion of 8[Brihan Mumbai] in which a public notice has been given by the Commissioner under clause (b) of section 141, are without a supply of pure water, adequate to the requirements of the persons usually occupying or employed upon the said premises, the Commissioner shall, by written notice, require the owner of the said premises or the person primarily liable for the payment of property-taxes thereon, to obtain a supply adequate as aforesaid from a municipal water-work and to provide supply and distributing pipes, cisterns and fittings and do all such works as may in the opinion of the Commissioner be necessary for that purpose.] 9[272. Making and renewing connection with municipal water-works.— (1) No connection with any municipal water-work shall be made or renewed— (a) except by a municipal officer or servant empowered in that behalf by the Commissioner; and (b) until the certificate specified in sub-section (4) has been given. 10[(2) In every case where a new connection with a municipal water-work is made or an existing connection requires renewal, all necessary communication pipes and fittings 11[thereon], shall be supplied by the Commissioner, and the work of laying and applying such communication-pipes and fittings shall be executed by municipal agency under the Commissioner’s order; and the cost of all such materials and work shall be charged to the municipal fund.] (3) 12[Every such communication-pipe and fittings thereon shall vest] in the Corporation and be maintained at the charge of the municipal fund as a municipal water-work. 1 Section 270A was inserted by Bom. 64 of 1953, s. 11. 2 These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. 3 These words were substituted by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 23(a). 4 These words were substituted by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 23(a). 5 These words were substituted by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 23(a). 6 This proviso was added by Mah. 51 of 1975, s. 15. 7 This sub-section was substituted for the original by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 23(b). 8 These words were substituted for the words “Greater Bombay” by Mah. 25 of 1996, s. 2, Schedule. 9 Sections 272, 273 and 273A were substituted for sections 272 and 273 by Bom. 5 of 1905, s. 38. 10 This Sub-section was substituted for the original sub-section (2) by Bom. 8 of 1918, s. 10. 11 This word was substituted for the original by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 24(a). 12 These words were substituted for the Original by Bom. 5 of 1938, s. 24(b). 240 The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act [1888 : III 1[(4) All supply and distributing pipes and cisterns and fittings not being the property of the Corporation shall be laid and applied under the supervision and to the satisfaction of a Municipal Officer appointed by the Commissioner in that behalf, who shall give and sign a certificate, free of charge, when such supply and distributing pipes, cisterns and all necessary fitting have been laid, applied and executed in a satisfactory manner and when proper and sufficient arrangements have been made for draining off waste water.] 2[(5) Where any supply or distributing pipe, cistern or such fitting is laid, applied, added to or altered, or any connection is made in contravention of this section the Commissioner may, with the previous approval of 3[the Standing Committee] remove such supply or distributing pipe, cistern, fitting or connection, or additions or alterations thereto, and make good such pipe, cistern, fitting or connection; and the owner and occupier of the premises in which or for supply to which such supply or distributing pipe, cistern or fitting has been laid, applied, added to or altered or such connection has been made, shall be jointly and severally liable to pay the expenses incurred by the Commissioner in so doing.] 4[273. Commissioner may take charge of private connections.— The Commissioner may, by agreement with a consumer, take charge on behalf of the Corporation of all or any of the consumer’s pipes and fitting: Provided that, if any such pipe or fittings are communication-pipes or fitting only not vesting in the Corporation, the Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, take charge of the same without such agreement. Any consumer’s pipes and fittings, of which the Commissioner takes charge under this section, shall thereafter vest in, and be maintained at the expense of, the Corporation as a municipal water- work.] 5[273A. Power of Commissioner to alter position of connections.— The Commissioner may, if at any time he deems it expedient to alter the position of an existing connection with any municipal water-work, or of any consumer’s pipe or fitting thereof, and after giving to the owner of such connection, pipe or fitting not less than four days previous notice of his intension so to do, cause the said connection, pipe or fitting to be moved to such other position as he thinks fit and relaid and applied, or others to be laid and applied in lieu thereof, in such position as he may direct; and in every such case all work shall he carried out at the expenses or the municipal fund and such new connection, pipe and fittings shall thereafter vest in the Corporation and be maintained at the charge of the municipal fund as a municipal water-work.]