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(1) For the imnrovement of sanitation, , Improve- ±e ment of Gram Panchayat shall have power to do all acts necessary ·t t· sa1 g10n, for, and incidental to, the performance of the functions entrusted or delegated to it and in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power OT to the provisions of any other .A.ct for the time being in force, a. Gram Panchaat may require the owner or occupier of any land or building, by written notice and within a reasonable period to be specified in the notice, after taking- into consi- deration his financial position,- to close, remove, alter, repair, cleanse, disinfert, or put in good order any latrine, urinal, water- closet, drain, cess-pool, or other receptacle for filth, sullage water, rubbish or refuse pertamnmng to such land or building or to remove or r-Jter any door or trap or construct any drain for any such latrine, urinal or water-closet which opens on to a street or drain or to shut off such latrme, urinal or water-closet by a sufficient roof or wall or fence from the view of persons passing by or dwelling in the neighbourhood; to cleanse, repair, cover, fill up, drain off or. remove water from, a private well, tank, reservoir, pool, p1t, depression or excavation therem h1ch may be injurious _ to health or offensive to the neighbourhood; (c) to clear off any vegetation, undergrowth, prickly pear or scrub jungle therefrom; (d) to remove any dirt, dung, nightsoil, manure or any obnoxious or offensive matter therefrom and to cleanse the land or building: Provided that a person on whom a notice has been served as aforesaid may, within thirty days of receipt of the notace, appeal to the prescribed authority against the order contained in the notice whereupon the prescrbed authority may stay () (a) ,· r 18 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1956. [West Ben. Act of Gram I.-Chapter V.-Powers and duties Panohayats.-Section 37.) the operation of the order contained in the notice till the disposal of the appeal and it may, after giving such notice of the appeal to the Gram Panchayat concerned as may be prescribed, modify, set aside or confirm the order : (Part (e) Power of Gram Pan- chayat ovor public streets, water- ways and other matters. Provided further that the prescribed authority shall, when 1t confirms or modifies the order contained in the notice after the expiry of the period mentioned therein, fix a fresh per10cl within ,vhich the order contained in the notice, as confirmed or modified by it, shall be carried out. (2) If a person upon whom a notice has been served as aforesaid and which has not been set aside by the prescribed authority fails, without sufficient reason, to comply with the order contained in the notice or the order as modified by the prescribed authority, within the time specified in the notice or within the time fixed by the prescribed authority, as the case may be, he shall be liable on conv1cbon by a magistrate, to a fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees.