Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power of Commissioner to close or limit the use of private drain in cer- tain cases. - Where a drain connecting any premises with a municipal drain is sufficient for the effectual drainage of such premises and is otherwise unobjec- tionable but is not in the opinion of the Commissioner, adapted to the general system of drainage in the City, he may, by written notice addressed to the owner of the premises, direct- (a) that such drain be closed, discontinued or destroyed and that any work nec- essary for that purpose be done; or (b) that such drain shall, from such date as may be specified in the notice in this 86 Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, Section 206 behalf, be used for filth and polluted water only or for rain water and un- polluted sub-oil water only: Provided that- (i) no drain may be closed, discontinued or destroyed by the Commissioner un- der clause (a) except on condition of his providing another drain equally effectual for the drainage of the premises and communicating with any municipal drain which he thinks fit; and (ii) The expenses of the construction of any drain so provided by the Corpora- tion and of any work done under clause (a) may be paid out of the Corpo- ration Fund. Section 209