(1) Unless otherwise permitted by Board, every premises supplied with water shall have a separate water connection.
(2) If, in respect of any premises already supplied with water but not having a separate service pipe, the Board gives notice to the owner of the premises requiring him to provide such a pipe, the owner shall, within three months, lay the said pipe and the Board shall, as soon as may be after the owner has done so, give the connection to the said pipe from its own supply line.
(3) If an owner on whom a notice has been served under sub-section (2) fails to comply therewith the Board may itself execute the said work and recover the cost incurred Power to restrict or prohibit use of water
52. When any part of the jurisdiction of the Board is visited or threatened by an out-break of disease and the Board considers it necessary to do so, the Board may,-
(a) by public notice, restrict in any manner or prohibit for any period, as may be specified in the notice, the sale of water for human consumption as specified in the notice;
Power to control use of water from tanks, wells, public hydrants etc
(b) without notice and at any time inspect and disinfect any well, tank, public hydrant or other place from which water is or is likely to be taken for the purpose of drinking.
53. If the Board is of the opinion that water in any well, tank or other place, if used for drinking, is likely to endanger or cause spread of any diseases, the Board may ,-
(a) require the owner or person having control of such well, tank, hydrant or place to take such steps as the Board may consider necessary to prevent the public from having access to or use of such water;
(b)take such other steps as the Board may consider expedient to prevent the out-break of such diseases.
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