House-drains and private cess-pools.

(1) All house-drains whether within or outside the premises to which they belong and all private latrines and cess-pools within the municipality shall be under the control of the municipality but shall be kept and maintained in proper order at the expense of the owner of the premises to which the same belong and in conformity with the by-laws made by the Council in this behalf. (2) The Commissioner shall on application from any owner or occupier of a building or owner of a private street shall arrange for connection of the applicants' drain with any public drainage system maintained by the municipality on collection of such fees and in accordance with the by-laws: provided that the Commissioner shall provide such connection only for buildings with plans duly approved by him. (3) No owner or occupier of any building shall allow or cause to be allowed any drainage water from any drain, latrine or from any other portion of the building under his occupation to any public street, or place where there is a public drainage system maintained by the municipality: Provided that wherein a municipality, there is a sewerage system, every owner of a building in the municipality shall connect the sewerage disposal of the building to municipal sewerage system and shall not continue any other system of disposal already in existence in that building.