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(1) Notwithstanding anythino contained in the Benoal Water Hyacinth Act 1936 a Gram Panchayt may, by ritten notice, require the owner or occupier of any land or premises, containing a tank or pond or similar deposit of water, after takino into consideration his :financial pos1t10n, not to allow water-hyacinth or any other weed which may pollute water to orow thereon and to eradicate the same therefrom within such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice: Provided that a person on whom a notice as aforesaid has been served may, within thirty days from the date . of receipt of the notice, appeal to the prescribed authority Power of GramPan- chayat in respect of polluted private water- supply. · Power of Gram Pan-. ohayat to prevent growth of tor-hya- ointh or other weed which may pollute water. Emergent power on outbreak of epidemic. Power of recovery of cost for work carried out by Gram Panchayat on failure of any per- son, Joint Com- mitteos. 20 The West Bengal Panchyat Act, 1956. [West Ben. Act (Part I.Chapter V.-Powers amd duties of Gram Panchayats.-:iections 40-42.) against the order contained in the notice whereupon the prescribed authority may stay 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: . Provided further that the prescribed authority shall, when 1t confirms or modifies the order contained in the notice after th_e ~xpiry_ of the period mentioned therein, fix a fresh period w1thm which the order contained in the notice, as confirmed or modified by it, shall be carried out. (2) I£ any owner or occupier upon whom a notice has1· 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 I as IJ?,Odified by the prescribed authority, within the time i specified in the notice or within the time fixed by the pres- cribed authority, as the case may be he shall be liable, on conviction 'by a magistrate, to a fne which may extend to twenty-five rupees.