(1) No person shall wilfully or negligently cause or suffer any water fitting which he is liable to maintain,—
(a) to be or remain so out of order or so in need of repair, or
(b) to be or remain so constructed or adapted or to be so used, - that the water supplied to him by the Board is or is likely to be wasted, misused or unduly consumed, or contaminated before use, or that foul air or any impure matter is likely to return into any pipe belonging to, or connected with, a pipe belonging to the Board.
(2) If any water fitting which any person is liable to maintain is in such a condition, or so constructed or adapted as aforesaid, the Board, without prejudice to any action against the person under any other provision of this Act, may require that person to carry out any necessary repairs or alterations and if he fails to do so within forty-eight hours, may itself carry out the work and recover from him the expenses reasonably incurred by it in so doing, as an arrear of water-rates payable under this Act.