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(I) Where any premises are, in the opinion of the Municipal Commissioner, without sufficient means of effectual drainage and a municipal drain or some place approved by him for such discharge is situated at a distance not exceeding sixty meires from any pari or the said 'See fool-nole 2 oil page 573, unt<\ 723 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. Compulsory connections of house- drains wilh caeli oilier. Power of Municipal Commissioner (o drain premises in combination. LIX of 19S0.] (Pari V.—Civic Services.—Chapter XVHL—Drainage and Sewerage.— D. Drains of private streets and drainage of premises.— Seciion 294.) ' premises, he may, by a written notice, require llie owner of [he said premises—■ (a) to construct a house-drain emptying into such municipal drain or place; (b) to provide and sel up all such appliances and fillings as may appear Lo llie Municipal Commissioner necessary for the purposes of gathering and receiving the drainage from, and conveying the same off, ihe said premises and or effectually flushing such house-drain and every fixture conncctcil therewith; (c) to remove any existing house-drain or other appliance or thing used or intended to be used for drainage which is injurious to health; (d) lo provide a closed drain in substitution of an open drain or lo provide such other appliance or thing either newly or in substitution of any existing appliance or thing or io provide bolh a closed drain and such other appliance or tiling in substitution of lhe existing open drain and olher appliance or thing which is or is likely lo be injurious to health; (e) to provide and set up all such appliances and finings as may appear lo lhe Municipal Commissioner to be necessary for the purpose of gaihering and receiving ihe waste water from floors and galleries of buildings when ihey are washed and conveying the same through spouts by down-lake pipe so as to prevent such waste water from discharging directly on streels or inside any lower portion of lhe premises; (0 lo carry out any work to improve or re-model an existing house-droiu whicii is inadequate, insufficient or faulty. (2) Where in any case nol provided for in sub-scclion (1), any premises are, in lhe opinion of llie Municipal Commissioner, without sufficient means or effectual drainage, he may, by written notice, require llie owner of the premises— ' (a) Lo construe! a house-drain up to a point to be specified in such notice but not at a distance of more than sixty metres from any pari or lhe premises; or (b) lo construct a closed cesspool or soaking pil and drain or drains emptying into such cesspool or soaking pil. (Pari V.—Civic Sendees.—Chapter XVHL—Drainage and Sewerage.— D. Drains of private streets and drainage of premises.— Seel ions 295, 296.)