Power to lay mains, service pipes, etc.

(1) The Chief Municipal Officer may, either on his own or through any agency, lay within or outside the municipal area a main, or such service pipes with such stopcocks and other water fittings as he may deem necessary, for supply of water to premises- (a) on any street, and (b) in, over, or on, any land, not forming part of a street, with the consent of the owner or the occupier of such land, in such manner as may be prescribed: