Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
"(2) Action taken under this section against any person shall be without prejud ce io any penaltles to which he may otherwise be liable under any other provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder or under any oiher Law. (3) The competent authority may order reconnecllon of supply ol water disconnected under sub-sectlon (1) on payment oi such charges and on such terms and conditions as may be prescrlbed jn ihe rules made thereunder. (3) afler sub-section (3), the followlng sub-section shall be inserted, namely:- "(4) The owner and the occupier of the premises shalbe jointly and severally liable for penalty and also liable to pay the expenses of cufilng oii the supply." ln the principal Act, in section 8, aiter the words "necessary so to do", the words "subject to conditions and requirement aid down in ihe rules made in this behalf'shall be inserted. ]n the princlpal Act,- (1) section I shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and in sub-secllon (1) as renumbeled, after the words "an applicatlon within", the words "such specified time and communicate the same in writing to the applicanf' shall be inserled; (2) after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, ihe iollowing sub-section shall be lnserted, namely;- "(2) The submission of the duly filled up and signed Appllcatlon Form along with the speciiied documenls under the Rules made thereunder, to the oifice oi the Divisional Engineer, Water Supply Division, shall, deern to mean the acceptance ol, all the conditions and undedaking laid therein." ln the prlncipal Act, in secilon (1) lor sub-section (2), the namely:" "(2) The charges for giving notllied and prescribed in 10, - following shall be substituted, initial connection shall be as the rules made thereunder." Amendment ol Section 10 lnsertion ol new section 11.ln lhe principa Act, alter section 10, the following new section shall be inseded, namely:- ''10 A. lilodalities Ior Connections (1) Water Supply connectjon by the Depariment lor any purpose includlng that of domestic use shall ordinariy be given only at the ground level of ihe prem ses. lt -6 i€ 10 A shall not be lawJul lor any owner or occLrpier to demano water supply connection trom the service pipe al any other elevation or level. (2) lt shall not be lawful for any owner or occupier to use any pumps or devices to suck water directly o. .nd rectly lrom lne gove'nme1l ma._s or serv ce pipes. (3) The owner ol every premises having more than oie storey and connected with water supply lrom tl-e service pipe at the ground level shall, provide a sur,.t and set up electrical pump or other contrivances oi adequate capacity and such other arrangements as prescribed, to pump the water to the required helghi oi such premises with the prior approval of the compete.: authority. (4) On every service pipe laid after the date of comlng nio force oi thjs section, the owner cr occupier shall, iii a stopcock on every service pjpe laid before or aiier such date. (5) Every slopcock iilleo or a service p.pe a1e't.e ca:. of coming into Jorce of this section shall be p aceo - such position as the Department deems mosl convenient: Provided that- (a) a stopcock in private premises shall be placec as near as is reasonably practicable to the sireg: irom which the service pipe enters that pren"ises: and (b) a stopcock in a street shall be placed as nea: :o the boundary ihereof as is reasonably practica. e (6) No water plpe shall be laid in a drain or on the suaace ol an open channe or house gulLy or a cesspool or ^ any position where the pipe is ljkely to be damagec o: the water therein polluted; and except with the approva oi the Department, no latrine plt ci soak pit or cesspoo shall be constructed or made within six meters of a.li water pipe or water work or ln any position where:-e water pipe or water work ls likely to be damaged or i^e water therein polluted. (7) No person other than an Engineer or a piumber or a- Officer or employee authorised by the Compe:e-: Authorlty in this behali shall execute the wor< o' consumer main, service line or internal water s!!a. connections of premises. (B) No water supply connection shall be given to the or,^:- or occupier of a premise unless the interna ,,..a:.- Amendment of Section 11 Amendment ot Section 13 suppy conneciions of such premises have been duly executed in accordance with the standard speclilcations prescrlbed under this Act. (S) The Stale Government rnay by notlfication in the Officia Gazette, make regu ations ior compljance by the Engineers or p umbers. (10) Any person who wlllfully vlolates the provisions oi this section shall be liab e to have the water supply disconnected to the premises and no new connection shall be sanctioned unless the owner or the occupier complies with the provisions of this secUon".