Section 216: Power to direct sinking of tube well in some cases
The Nagaland Municipal Act,2001State Act of Nagaland · Act 10 of 2001
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 215, the Municipality may, by a written notice, require the owner of a premises to sink a tube well, if the premises are to be used as a place of public resort, or as a market, or as a place of employment of more than fifty persons, or, in other cases, for reasons to be recorded in writing.
(b) Every such owner shall be bound to take out a tubewell licence on such conditions and on payment of such annual fee, as the Municipality may, from time to time, determine.
217. Registration of tubewelis The Chief Officer of a Municipality shall, cause to be maintained a register, in such form and in such manner, as may be determined by regulations, which shall provided an inventory of the tubewels, public or private, sunk in the municipal area of the Municipality and such register shall be updated from time to time.