Bare ActsThe West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993

Section 316

(1) The Board of Councillors may, by written notice, require tion, repair, etc

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(1) The Board of Councillors may, by written notice, require tion, repair, etc. of the owner of any land or building— private drains, (a) to reconstruct, enlarge, extend, alter, repair, make efficient, gutters, etc. stop up or remove any drain belonging to such land or building, or 342 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. XXII of 1993.] (Part VII.—Urban and Regional Planning and Development.— Chapter XX.—Municipalities in hill areas.— D. Drains.—Sections 317, 318.) (b) to alter the inclination or direction of any such drain, or (c) to provide for any such drain or such movable covers or gratings as may be specified in the notice, or (d) to carry any such drain to such point of outlet, or junction with some other drain, as may be specified in the notice. (2) The Board of Councillors may, by written notice, require the owner or the occupier of any building— (a) to provide and maintain a sufficient number of suitable roof-gutters and down pipes or masonry platforms for carrying water from the roof of the building into such drains as may be specified in notice, or (b) to renew, alter, repair or remove any such gutters, pipes or platforms already provided for the building. (3) The gutters as aforesaid shall be of such dimensions and shall have such slope, and the pipes as aforesaid shall be of such dimensions and the bends in such pipes shall be made at such angles, as may be prescribed.

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