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

Removal of latrines, etc., near any source of water supply. (1) The committee may, by notice, require any owner or occupier on whose land any drain, privy, latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse for the time being exists within fifty feet of any spring, well, tank, reservoir or other source from which water (1) The committee may, by notice, require the owner or occupier of any building or land to close, remove, alter, repair, trans-pose, or keep in good order any drain, privy, latrine, urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filth or refuse pertaining to such building or land, or to remove or alter any drain or other work in either case which is in such a condition as to cause a nuisance or is so constructed as to afford means of communication to disease or which is constructed in contravention of any municipal rule or bye-law or order and to use the same in such manner as the committee thinks fit, or where such drain, privy, latrine, urinal, cesspool or receptacle 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 committee, 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 other source from which water is or may be derived for public use, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, and, when a notice has issued with a further fine not exceeding five rupees for each day during which the offences is continued after the lapse of the period allowed for removal.