Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) The Public Health Engineer incharge of water supply may, on appIication by the owner or occupier of any building arrange, in accordance with the rules and regulations, to supply water thereto for domestic consumption and use. (2) It shall not be lawful for the owner of any dwelling house which may be constructed or reconstructed after the coming into force of this Act to demand water supply from the Board unless he has obtained a certificate in the prescribed manner from the Board that there is provided within or within a reasonable distance of the house such supply of wholesome water as appears to the Board to be sufficient for the domestic consumption and use of the inmates of the house. (3) Where on any land there are two or more superstructures, and the owner of the land is not the owner of all the superstructures, the Board may, if it appears to it that the superstructures are without a proper supply of water for domestic consumption and use and that such supply can be furnished from the main not more than thirty-five metres distance from any part of any such superstructure, by notice, require the owner of the land to obtain such supply.