Power of Health Officer to require drains to be constructed

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(1) If any premises are in the opinion of the Health Officer without sufficient means of effectual drainage, he may, by notice, direct the owner of such premises to construct a drain leading therefrom to the nearest public drain or other place set apart by the local authority for the discharge of sewage : Provided that—
- (a) the cost of constructing that portion of the drain, which is situated more than one hundred feet from the said premises, shall be paid from out of the funds of the local authority concerned; and
- (b) if, in the opinion of the Health Officer, there is no public drain or other place set apart for the discharge of sewage within a reasonable distance of such premises, he may, by notice, require the owner of the the premises to construct—
  - (i) a closed cesspool, tank, filter or other work of such material, size and description, as he may direct; and
  - (ii) a house drain communicating with such closed cesspool, tank, filter or other work.

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