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(1) The Chairman-in-Council may require, by written notice, the owner or the occupier of any land or building to comply with any of the following within such period as may be specified in the notice:— (a) to close, remove, alter, repair, cleanse, disinfect or otherwise pur to order any cesspool, drain, receptacle for sewage, septic tank or any other type of latrine; (b) to require such cesspool, drain, receptacle for sewage, septic tank or other type of latrine to be provided for any land or building, whether or not, in addition to the existing ones; (c) to cause any service privy or urinal in any land or building to be converted into or replaced by sanitary latrine of specified design, model or standard; (d) to provide specified devices to the existing cesspool, drain, receptacle for sewage, septic tank or latrine to abate the mosquito menace. (2) Upon the issue of notice under sub-section(1), it shall be incumbent upon every owner or occupier to comply with the same within the period specified in the notice. (3) On the failure of the owner or the occupier to comply with the notice, the Chairman-in-Council may cause the work to be done and recover the expenses thereof from the owner or the occupier of the land or the building or from both in such proportions as it may deem reasonable. 354 The West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. XXII of 1993.] (Part VIII—Community Health.—Chapter XXI— Public Safety and Nuisances.—Section 350.— Chapter XXII—Restraint of infection.—Sections 351-354.)