Connections with municipal drains not to be made except in conformity with section 296 or 297

No person shall, without complying with the provisions of section 296 or 297 as the case may be, make or cause to be made any connection of a drain belonging to himself or to some other person with any municipal drain or other place legally set apart for the discharge of drainage, and the Commissioner may, with the approval of the Standing Committee, close, demolish, alter or remake any such connection made in contravention of this section, and the expenses incurred by the Commissioner in so doing shall be paid by the owner of the street, or the owner or occupier of the premises, for the benefit of which the connection was made, or by the person offending.