Cantonments Act,1924
Act No : 2
Section : CESSPOOLS, RECEPTACLES FOR FIFTH, ETC
SECTION 133: CESSPOOLS, RECEPTACLES FOR FIFTH, ETC
- The Executive Officer of any cantonment may, by notice in writing,-
(a) require any person having the control whether as owner, lessee or occupier of any land or building in the cantonment-
(i) to close cesspool appertaining to the land or building which is in the opinion of the Executive Officer, a nuisance; or
(ii) to keep in a clean condition, in such manner as may be prescribed by the notice, any receptacle for filth or sewage accumulating on the land or in the building; or
(iii) to prevent the water of any private latrine, urinal, sink or bathroom or any other offensive matter, from soaking, draining or flowing, or being put, from the land or building upon any street or other public place, or into any water-course, or into any drain not intended for the purpose; or
(iv) to collect and deposit for removal by the conservancy establishment of thea[Board], within such time and in such receptacle or placeb''[* * * * *] as may be any drain leading into a public drain; or
(c) require any person having the control of a drain in the cantonment to cleanse, purify, repair or alter the same, or otherwise put it in good order, within such time as may be specified in the notice. Act 15 of 1983, Clause 86.- The Executive 0fficer undersection 133of the Act can require occupiers of buildings to col)ect and deposit offensive matter remaining in the building in a receptacle for removal by the conservancy establishment of the Board. There is a restriction that such receptacle should be situated within one hundred feet of the nearest boundary of the premises. This being not practicable of implementation, it is proposed to remove the restriction relating to distance. -Gaz. of Ind., 9-7-1982, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext., p. 54 (No. 26).
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