Power of access to municipal water works.

The Commissioner and any person appointed by the 1 [State] Government under section 190 in this behalf may , for the purpose of inspecting of repairing executing or any work in, upon or in connection with any municipal water-works, at all reasonable times— (a) enter upon and pass through any land, within or without the City, adjacent to or in the vicinity of such water-works, in whomsoever such land may vest ; (b) cause to be conveyed into and through any such land all necessary men, materials, tools and implements. (2) This section shall apply in respect of carrying, renewing and repairing private water-mains, pipes and ducts as it applies in respect of carrying, renewing and repairing municipal water-mains, pipes and ducts.