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Connection of house-drain or with public drain :– (1) The Health Officer shall, on application by the owner or occupier of any premises owner of a private street, arrange, in accordance with the bye-laws, for the connection of the applicant's drain with any public drain, at a distance not exceeding three hundred feet therefrom at the applicants's expense. (2) If there is a public drain or outfall, within a distance not exceeding one hundred feet of the nearest point on any premises, the Health Officer may, by notice, direct the owner of the said premises to construct a drain leading therefrom to such drain or place of outfall and to execute all such works as may be necessary in accordance with the bye-laws and regulations at such owner's expense. (3) if any premises are in the opinion of the Health Officer without sufficient means of effectual drainage but no part there of is situated within one hundred feet of a public drain, or its place of outfall, the Health Officer may-by notice direct the owner of the said premises to construct a cess-pool or septic tank or filters of such materials, dimension and description in such position and at such level as the Health Officer thinks necessary and to construct a drain or drains emptying into such cess-pool tank or filters and to execute all such works as may be necessary in accordance with the bye- laws and regulations: 94 THE ORISSA MUNICIPAL MANUAL Provided that – (a) no requisition shall be under this section on any person who has been exempted from payment of the drainage tax under Section 135; (b) no person shall be required under this section to expend a sum, exceeding five times the holding tax, on any such building with the land assessed with it as part of the same premises, or in the case of buildings exempted under Section 132, five times the holding tax which would be payable on such building with the land which would be assessed with it to the holding tax, if such building were not exempt and if any amount exceeding the said sum is expended, the excess shall be borne by the municipality.