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(1) In the principal Act, in section 13, for the marginal heading "power to ay or carry pipes", the marginal heading "power to lay or carry pipes or to construct water works and payment of compensation etc", shall be substltuted. (2) section 13 shall be re-numbered as sub-section(1) thereof and after sub-section (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-sections shal be inserted, namely;- "(2) All reservoirs, tanks, cisterns, founialns, wells, and bore we ls, pumps, pipes, taps, condults and olher works connected wlth the supply of water to the notified area, includinq the headwork's, reservoirs and the Government malns, and all brjdges, bullding, machinery, works materials and other things connected therewith and all land (not being prlvate property) adjacent and appertaining to the same, shal vest ln the Departrnent and be subject to its control. (3) The Department may construci, lay, or erect iiltration plants, reservoirs, machinery, conduiis, pipes, or other works in any place in the state lor supplying the notlfied area with water, and may provlde, tanks, reservoirs, machlnery, mains, fountains and olher conveniences withln or outside the notified area for the use of the inhabitants. (4) Ihe Department rnay cause ex sting water works to be maintained and suppl ed with water or it may close any such works and subslltute other such work and may cause them to be ma ntained and supplied wjth water. (5) Notwithstanding anything conialned in any other law for the time being ln force, ihe Department may lay a main wilhin or withoul the loca irnits of the notif ed area,- 8- (a) :n any street or any land vested in the Government, the Department or any other local authority or any Government Company or Department owned or controlled by the Governmenti (b) with the consent of every owner or occupier of any land not Jorming part of a street, in over or on that land, and may, from tlme to time inspect, repair, alter or renew or may, at any tlme, remove any main, whether lald under this Act or otherwise: Provided that where consent required for the purpose of this sub-section is withheld, the Department may, after giving the owner or occupier oi the land a 15 (iifteen) days of written notice of its intention to lay the main in, over or on that land even without such consent. (6) Where the Department, under the provision of this section, lays a main in, over or on any land not forming part of a skeet or land referred to in clause (a) of sub- section (5) or inspects, repairs, alters, renews or removes a maln so laid in, over or on any such land, it shall pay a compensation to every person interested in that land ior any damage done to or injurious afjectlon ol, that land by reason of such laying, inspection, repairs, alteratlon, renewal or removal of the main. (7) The Departrnent may, in any street or any land relerred to ln clause (a) of sub-section (5) whether within or without the local limits of the notified area, lay such service plpes with such stopcocks and other water llitings as lt may deem necessary for suppLy of water to premises and may, irom tlme to time, inspect, repair, aller or renew and may, at any time, remove any service pipe iald ln such street or land whether under this Act or otherwise. (8) Where a service pipe has been lawiully laid in, over or on the land not forming part of a street or land reierred to ln sub-section (7), such officers as the Department may authorize, from time to time, enter upon that land and inspect, repair, aler, renew or remove the pipe or lay a new pipe in substilution thereof but shall pay compensation for any damage done in the course of such action. (9) The Depanment may place and rnaintain conduits and lines of mains or pipes, over, under, a ong or across any immovable property whether within or wlthoui the local llmlts of the notified area without acqu rlng the i'4, 9 same and may at any tlme Jor the purpose of examinlng, repairlng, altering or removing any conduits or lines oi mains or pipes, enter on any property over, under, a ong or across which the condults or lines oi mains or pipes have been placed: Provided that the Department shall not acquire any rlght other ihan a rlght of user in the property over, under, along or across which any conduit or line of mains or pipes ls placed. (T0) If it appears to the Department that the only technically ieasible alternatlve means oi water supply to any premlses is by placing or carrying any pipe over, under, along oT across the immovab e property of another person li may, by order in writing, authorize ihe owner of the premlses to place carry such pipe, over, under, along or across such immovable propertyi Provlded that before making any such order the Deparimeni sha I give io the owner ol the immovable property a reasonable opportunity of showing cause wlihjn such time as may be prescrlbed by regulations so as to why the order should not be madel Provlded further that the owner of the premises shall not acquire any right other than a right of user ln the property over, under, along or across whlch any such pipe is placed or carried. (11) Upon making oi an order under sub-section (10), the owner of the premises may, after giving reasonable notice of his intention so to do, enter upon the immovab e propeny with the assistants and the workmen at any time between sunrise and sunset for the purpose of placing a pjpe over, under, along or across such immovable property or for the purpose of repairing the same. (12) ln placing or carrying a pjpe under sub-section (11), as Little damage as possible shall be done to ihe immovab e property and the owner ol the premises shall,- (a) cause the pipe io be placed or carried wlth the least practicable de ay; (b) fi in, reinstate and make good at his own cost and with the Least practicable delay, any land opened, broken up or removed for the purpose of placing or carrying oi such pipe; and (c) pay compensatlon to the owner of the immovable property and to any other person who sustains damage by reason ol the placing or carrying of such plpe, , / t/ 1A- Amendment Section 14 (13) li the owner of the immovable property over, under, along or across, whjch a pipe nas Oeen pfaceJ oi carried under this section while sLlch immovable prooerty was not bu;,1 Lroon. oesires to e,ect anv !l:,91"9 "" such p.operly, rne Deparrn,e^r snar,-Oi rottce n wrling. requtre tne owae. oi tne p."r,r"a ui ild,cated in sJo_sectron (10). ro ctose, ru.or;;;;.r;; Ite oroe n such man.er as shal. oe apo-oveo oy h.a1 and to fill in, reinstate and make good ihe i..ouaOie properly as ii the pipe has not heen placed or carrjed over, under, ajong or across the same: provided that no such requisition shall be made uniess in the oplnion of the Departmeni lt is necessary or expedient ior the construction of the proposed building or the saie enjoyment thereof that th; pipe should be closed, removed or diverted. (14) No person shall obstruct or hinder any person authorized or empowered by or under tfris nci ln |re execJ.rion ot his dury or o. anylh:ng wnich fe:s autnor,zed or empowered or reouireo to do oy vi.lue oi or in consequence of any of the pr.oui"ion" ,it tni.-nli or any rules or made thereunder. (15) N-o--p_e.son shaJi, e_xceor wirh the permission oury obta,red from the Deoartn enr or rhe pubtic rlealti trngrree. tn cha,ge oi water s_oply, enler on land or premises or waler works of the Department. (16) Save as orovided ior,n any orl^er secrion o, th.s Acr any co.npensat:on to De oa.d JrCer tnis sect,o,.t or th; olne, prov.sions tr this Acl. snat, be as delermrled bv tFe ocal authority as eslaoJisned by Ldu,.,.