Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Without the written permission of the Commissioner no building, wall or other structure shall be newly erected or re-erected and no street or railway shall be constructed over any drain. (2) If any building, wall or other structure be so erected or re-erected, or any street or railway be so constructed, the Commissioner, after giving the offending person ten days‘ notice of his intention, may apply for the approval of the Standing Committee and may with their approval remove or otherwise deal with the same as he shall think fit, and the expenses thereby incurred shall be paid by the person offending. Power of owners and occupiers of premises to drain municipal drains. Connections with municipal drains not to be made except in conformity with section 296 or