Removal of latrines etc, near any source of water supply.

133. Removal of latrines etc, near any source of water supply. (1) The municipality may by notice, require any owner or occupier on whose land any drain, privy, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse for the time being exists within fifteen metres of any spring, well, tank, reservoir or other source from which water is or may be derived for public use, to remove or close the same within one week from the service of such notice. (2) Whoever, without the permission of the municipality, makes or keeps for a longer time than one week after notice under this section any drain, privy, latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse, within fifty feet of any spring, well, tank, reservoir or any other source from which water is or may be derived for public use, shall be punishable with a fine which shall not be less than twenty-five rupees and more than two hundred rupees and, when a notice has been issued, with a further fine of ten rupees for each day during which the offence is continued after the lapse of the period allowed for removal.