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Section 28: ConstructiQn and clOsure .Qfcesspools

The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Public Health Act, 1985 (Act No. 25 of 1985)Union territory Act of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu · Act 25 of 1985

(1) .

No person shall construct a cesspool ~ . . - - "

(a) beneath any part of any building or within such distance. of any tank, reservoir, water­ -course or well or within such other distance " therefrom as the Health Officer may consider to ,be practicabHi having regard to the circumstancesof thelocality; or ,.

. , (b) within anylooal area or outside such area ' but within three hundred' feet of any reservoir used for the storage Of filtered water to be sup­ plied to such area; except upon a sit.e· and in a position which have bElen approved in writing by .

the, Health Officer. .

(2) The Health Officer may, at any time, by notice, require any person within whose premises any cesspool is constructed in. contravention of sub­ . -section (1). to remove such cesspool or to fill it up with suCh material as maY. be approved by him.

29. ProhibitiQn of Qccupation of newbuilding.­ No owner of .any building constructed or reconstruc~ ted after the commencement. of this Actin any urban.Iocal area I>haJl occupy it, or cause or permit itto ~ occupied, until h!lhasobtaine<;la certificat~ from the. Health. Officer. that the' buil~pasbeen proVided with sufficient means of dr3.in~:',,' ,: ";

. 30. Sullage or sewage not. to be let out into street, --'" No person having control over any btiild" ding or 'land shall cauSe Qrallow':"': . , . . .

. ;··i~) . the water of any sink, sewer, latrine Qr <>ther sanitary convenience, or· any other liquid..

'. or, other matter whiCh is, 01;' is likely to become .offensive to run into a drain, or to bEl thrown or put upon, any street or open space or to soak through any external wall; 01;'

(br any ofrensivematter·from any sewer, latrine or sanitary convenience, to run,.drain or be thrown into a surlacedrain in any street. .

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ActThe Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Public Health Act, 1985 (Act No. 25 of 1985)
Section28
Marginal noteConstructiQn and clOsure .Qfcesspools
JurisdictionUnion territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
StatusIn force as published by the source

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