Duty of owners and occupiers to collect and deposit dust, etc.

1. (1) It shall be incumbent on the owners and occupiers of all premises to cause all dust, ashes, refuse, rubbish and trade refuse to be collected from their respective premises and to be deposited at such times as the Commissioner, by public notice, from time to time prescribes in the public receptacle, depot or place provided or appointed under the last preceding section for the temporary deposit or final disposal thereof. (2) 6[The Commissioner] may, if he thinks fit, by written notice require the occupier and owner or either of them of any premises, to cause all dust, ashes, refuse and rubbish, but not trade refuse to be collected daily, or otherwise periodically, from the said premises and deposited temporarily upon any place forming the part of the said premises which the Commissioner appoints in this behalf, and it shall be incumbent on the said occupier and owner or either of them to cause the said matters to be collected and deposited accordingly.
2. (3) It shall be incumbent on the owners of all premises to provide receptacles of a size to be

prescribed by the Commissioner for the collection therein of all dust, ashes, refuse, rubbish and trade

refuse to be collected from such premises. Such receptacles shall at all times be kept in good repair and condition and shall be provided in such number and place and retained in such positions as the Commissioner may, from time to time, by written notice direct.

1. (4) It shall also be incumbent on the owners and occupiers or either of them of all premises when required by the Commissioner by written notice so to do, to employ servants for the purpose of carrying out and complying with the requirements of sub-sections (1) and (2) of this section. 7[(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, it shall be incumbent on the owner or occupier of every trade premises to seek the Commissioner’s permission to deposit trade refuse collected daily or periodically from the premises, temporarily upon any place appointed by the Commissioner in

this behalf. When such permission is granted by the Commissioner, the applicant shall be allowed to

deposit the trade refuse accordingly on payment of such charges as the Commissioner may, from time to time, fix for temporarily depositing trade refuse upon the place appointed under sub-section (2) and also such charges as the Commissioner may, from time to time, fix for transporting and depositing the said trade refuse to the place provided or appointed under section 367 for the final disposal of such trade refuse: Provided that, the owner or occupier of any trade premises shall not deposit trade refuse at any place other than, the places appointed by the Commissioner under sub-section (2) of this section or provided or appointed by him under section 367, as the case may be.]