Maintenance of troughs and pipes for catching water

The owner or occupier of any building in a public street, shall, within fifteen days after receipt of notice in that behalf from the Commissioner, put up and thenceforward maintain proper troughs and pipes for catching and carrying the water from the roof and other parts of such building and for discharging such water in such manner as the Commissioner may permit. Public latrines.

**237. Provision of public latrines.- The council shall, so far as the funds at its disposal may admit, provide and maintain in proper and convenient places a sufficient number of public latrines and shall cause the same to be daily cleansed and kept in proper order.

Private latrines.

** 238. Provision of flush-out or other latrines by owner or occupier.- (1) The Commissioner may, by notice, require the owner or occupier of any building within the time specified in such notice to provide a flush-out or other latrine or alter or remove from an unsuitable to a more suitable place any existing flush-out or other latrine in accordance with the directions contained in such notice for the use of the persons employed in or about or occupying such building and to keep it clean and in proper order.

The section came into force on the 1st day of August, 1976 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 342, dated 29th July 1976.

** The section came into force on the 26th day of January, 1974 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 11, dated 17th January 1974.

1. (2) Every owner or occupier of the ground on which any group of six or more huts stand shall provide flush-out or other latrines of such description and number and in such position as the Commissioner may, by notice, require within such time as may be fixed in the notice for the use of the inhabitants of such huts.
   • • 239. Provision of flush-out or other latrines for labourers.- Every person employing workmen, labourers or other persons exceeding ten in number shall provide and maintain for the separate use of person of each sex so employed flushout or other latrines of such description and number and in such position as the Commissioner may by notice require, within such time as may be fixed in the notice.
   • • 240. Provision of flush-out or other latrines for markets, cart-stands, cattle- sheds, choultry, etc.- The Commissioner may, by notice, require the owner or manager of a market, cart-stand, cattle-shed, choultry, theatre, railway station, dockwharf, or other place of public resort within the time specified in such notice to provide and maintain for the separate use of persons of each sex flush-out or other latrines of such description and number and in such position as may be specified in such notice.
   • • 241. Flush-out or other latrines to be screened from view and kept clean.- All flush-out or other latrines shall be so constructed as to screen persons using the same and the filth from the view of persons passing by or residing in the neighbourhood and shall be kept clean and in proper order. General powers
   • • 242. Power to carry wire, pipes, drains etc., through private property subject to causing as little inconvenience as possible and paying for direct damage. – The Commissioner may carry any cable, wire, pipe, drain or channel of any kind to establish or maintain any system of drainage, or lighting, through, across, under, or over any road, street or place laid out for a road or street, and after giving reasonable notice to the owner or occupier, through, across, under, over or up the side of, any land or building in the municipality, and may place and maintain posts, poles, The section came into force on the 1st day of August, 1976 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 342 dated 29th July 1976. standards, brackets, or other contrivances to support wires and lights on any pole or post in the municipality not vested in the Government and may do all acts necessary or expedient for repairing or maintaining any such cable, wire, pipe, drain, channel, post, pole, standard, bracket or other similar contrivance in an effective state for the purpose for which it is intended to be used or for removing the same: Provided that such works shall be done so as to cause the least practicable nuisance or inconvenience to any person: