(1) Notw,;t.h~:,:udirg: al!ytlt ng C'oJ1ta:ned in scr.tio1, 21 or in the r \, va1,t loc,•.I hUth<Jrity [;,\\' for the time b1·ing in fcrcl', \Vhcrc> the St-&te Govrrr;m;0nt is of opinion, iJJ the ca'le of any ·wnter works or S{-'\\'t·r11.gc system operated and run by fl local body in ;iny arc:- thr.t th{' opl·r?ticn rnd manage ment thereof should in public intrrest be taken over by thr Bor.rd for a t.<"mp:ir:\ry p1:riod the State Govcrunu::nt n1ay Uy notificntion in the OffWial Gazette, direct t.h(• Bot1rd l<J IP.kl· ovf'r for the purriosc of opcrv.tion and IIDl.nag•-ment such water works or sc-wcrage syste1n for such period not excec diug five years in th0 first infltauce, nnd 011 such terms and conditious as may be specified by the State GovC"rnment in ~uch notification and thereupon thl' local body concerned shall trAnsfer such works or system to the Board and the Bar.rd Rhi!.ll tak•· over fro1n thC' lOl'P.I body i;uch 'vorks or system for t.he aforrsaid purposC' e.nd for 1-hc pe1·iod and on the tcrrns and conditions as aforc.~aid.
12) I· shall b(• lawfnl f01 thr State Government to extend from tin1c t;, tin1.o th'' p~·rit1d sp ·cifi~~d for th'' purpose of sub-~ect.ion {1) in thl· case of any water 'vorks or sew0rage systen1 so however that such i101iod in the aggregate does not exceed ten years.
(3) Tho terms and conditions to be specified under sub-sect.ion (1) may also iuclude the terms and conditions relating to the restoration of the posse8Sio11 of the water works or sew(' rage systc1n so t!lken over to the local body on the trnuin!\tion ofthr pe1iofl Specific·d u1irlcrsub-f:rction (1)orthc prriodas f'Xtcndcd und; 1 sub-8t'Ction {2).
(4) The taking over of n11y \Vfltt'r \Vorkc; or Sc'V.'l'ti'gc sy~!<"m by the B. ·.rd u>·d r ;uh-,rc<-i ,. (1) , il •hr r!'~'-r•11't;(>J, t],,-rr·rf to tll'· ],·rr I bcdy1111d<r ~uU-'l·'C j . .,. {3) -,h.Jl ui,r pr•jud.ec l~11y right~ in r(sp•,•ct pf ~uch \Y~rkfl or systi,m \vhich any oth<"-r person m"'y bP entitled by duo process of law to enforce against the local body or thr Board, as the case ma)' be,
24. Notwithstandiug any~hing contained in the relevant local authority law for the time bf'ing in force, it ~hi!.ll b•· lawful for nny local b0d3'to f'ntn1st to the Baa rd, for the purpose of mr,l11t.rn8nCC', OJ_lPrl'.tio11 ?.nd ru1! n ir1g. r_ny water supplyseheme or S(',V!·ragr' sy~t··m wh01ly or r1:rtl3', npr•P ~nch t. 1•ms i;nd colldi tions a.s :may br n111t.ually l'.grP""rl 11po:i.
CHAPTER V.
INVESTIGATION, PREPARATION AND EXECUTION OF 8CHE:P.IES BY THE BOARD.