Application for private water-supply from whom to be received.

3[Supply pipes] for conveying to any premises a private supply of water from

4[a municipal water-work] shall not

5[be connected with such water-work] except on the written application or with the written assent of the owner of the premises, of the person primarily liable for the payment of property-taxes on the said premises:

6[Provided that, in respect of any premises, where the owner or person primarily liable for the payment of property-taxes fails or refuses or make such application or to give his assent within a reasonable period, the supply pipes for conveying to such premises such water-supply may be connected with such water-work on the written application of the occupier or such premises made to the Commissioner, after holding necessary inquiry and payment of the cost of connecting the supply pipes and subject to such other conditions (including those for payment of water taxes and water charges) as the Commissioner may deem fit to impose.]

7[(2) Commissioner may in certain case require owners to obtain private water-supply.— But it shall appear to the Commissioner that any premises situated within any portion of

8[Brihan Mumbai] in which a public notice has been given by the Commissioner under clause (b) of section 141, are without a supply of pure water, adequate to the requirements of the persons usually occupying or employed upon the said premises, the Commissioner shall, by written notice, require the owner of the said premises or the person primarily liable for the payment of property-taxes thereon, to obtain a supply adequate as aforesaid from a municipal water-work and to provide supply and distributing pipes, cisterns and fittings and do all such works as may in the opinion of the Commissioner be necessary for that purpose.]