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(1) If, in the opinion of the Chairman-in-Council,— (a) any pool, ditch, tank, well, pond, swamp, quarry, hole, drain, cesspool, watercourse or any collection of water, or (b) any land on which water may, at any time, accumulate, is or is likely to become a breeding place of mosquitoes or, in any other respect, becomes a nuisance, the Chairman-in-Council may by notice require the owner or the person having control thereof, to fill up, cover over, weed or stock with larvicidal fish, drain, or drain off the same in such manner and with such materials, or to take such steps for removing or abating the nuisance, as the Chairman-in-Council direct, within such period as may be specified in the notice. (2) If a person to whom a notice is issued under sub-section (1) to fill up, cover over, or drain off a well, delivers to the Chairman within the period specified in the notice for compliance therewith, written objections to such notice, the Chairman shall make further inquiry into the case, and shall not institute any prosecution for failure to comply with such notice. The Chairman may, nevertheless, if he deems the execution of the work called for by such notice to be of urgent importance, cause such well to be securely covered over to prevent breeding of mosquitoes and, in every such case, the Chairman shall determine whether the expenses of any work already done as aforesaid shall be paid by such owner or shall be met out of the Municipal Fund or shall be shared and, if so, in what proportions. Prohibition of construction of wells, tanks, etc. without permission of Board of Councillors. Filling in of pools, etc., which are a nuisance. 349 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. [West Ben. Act (Pan VIII—Community Health.—Chapter XXI.— Public Safety and Nuisances.—Sections 334-337.) Regulation or prohibition of certain practices relating to cultivation. Cleansing of insanitary private tank or well used for drinking purposes. Duty of the Chairman- in-Council in respect of public well or receptacle of stagnant water. Prohibition against, or regulation of, washing animals or clothes or fishing in public water courses, tanks, etc.